{"product_id":"refugee-boy","title":"Refugee Boy","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781408894996\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2017\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Playful, obstinate and courageously humorous ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sweet, funny, highly inventive' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe personal, funny and poignant tale of a young refugee, from acclaimed storyteller Benjamin Zephaniah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLife is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethopian, his mother Eritrean. Their countries are at war, and Alem is welcome in neither place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliantly 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- \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefugee Boy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGangsta Rap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeacher's Dead\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":44562887475289,"sku":"PR914015","price":19.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBG17LU5TKW.jpg?v=1787373605","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/refugee-boy","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}