Refugee Boy: 'Courageously humorous ... and heartbreaking' Guardian - Couverture souple

Zephaniah, Benjamin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408894998 ISBN 13 : 9781408894996

Editeur : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2017

Synopsis

Selected for The Pleasure List 2026 - Hay Festival's crowd-sourced list of the 39 most unputdownable books ever

'Playful, obstinate and courageously humorous ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' Guardian

'Sweet, funny, highly inventive' Yorkshire Post

The poignant but funny tale of a young refugee now marking its 25th anniversary with a new foreword by Joseph Coelho, former Children's Laureate

Acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah's honest, wry and poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more power and pertinence today than when it was first published.

Life is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethopian, his mother Eritrean. Their countries are at war, and Alem is welcome in neither place.

So Alem is excited to spend a holiday in London with his father - until he wakes up to find him gone. What seems like a betrayal is in fact an act of love, but now Alem is alone in a strange country, and he must forge his own path...

Very accessible and easy to read; perfect for reading for pleasure and classroom discussion. QR code link to new Teachers' Notes included in anniversary edition.

Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers:

Refugee Boy
Face
Gangsta Rap
Teacher's Dead

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A high-profile international author with an enormous breadth of appeal, Benjamin Zephaniah was perhaps best known for his performance poetry with a political edge for adults and ground-breaking performance poetry for children. Alongside his poetry he created novels and plays, wrote and performed music and had a recurring role as preacher Jeremiah Jesus in the BBC series Peaky Blinders. In his novels for young people, which include Face, Refugee Boy, Gangsta Rap and Teacher's Dead, Zephaniah tackled vital themes that resonate as much today as they did upon their first publication.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah's honest, wry and poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more power and pertinence today than when it was first published.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408894998
• ISBN 13: 9781408894996
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; contact@bloomsbury.com; ; 50 Bedford Square; London; England; WC1B 3DP; Allemagne