The boy at the back of the class / Onjali Q. Raúf ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick.
By: Raúf, Onjali Q [author.].
Contributor(s): Curnick, Pippa [illustrator.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2019]Edition: First U.S. edition.Description: 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781984850782; 1984850784; 9781984850805; 1984850806.Subject(s): Refugees -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Syrians -- England -- London -- Fiction | London (England) -- Fiction | England -- FictionAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Boy at the back of the classSummary: When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Told with humor and heart, The Boy at the Back of the Class offers a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense.
There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan's classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee.
The whole class is curious about this new boy--he doesn't seem to smile, and he doesn't talk much. But after learning that Ahmet fled a Very Real War and was separated from his family along the way, a determined group of his classmates bands together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World--a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones.
This accessible, kid-friendly story about the refugee crisis highlights the community-changing potential of standing as an ally and reminds readers that everyone deserves a place to call home.
"This moving and timely debut novel tells an enlightening, empowering, and ultimately hopeful story about how compassion and a willingness to speak out can change the world." -- School Library Journal , Starred Review
Overall Winner of the 2019 UK Waterstones Children's Book Prize
Winner of the 2019 UK Blue Peter Book Award
A CLIP Carnegie Medal Children's Book Award Nominee
"Originally published in paperback by Orion Children's Books, Hachette UK, London, in 2018"--Title page verso.
When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.
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