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Bloomsbury presents Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah, read by Ben Bailey Smith.

'Playful, obstinate and courageously humorous ... hilarious and later heartbreaking' Guardian
'Sweet, funny, highly inventive' Yorkshire Post

The personal, funny and poignant tale of a young refugee, from acclaimed storyteller Benjamin Zephaniah

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...

©2001 Benjamin Zephaniah (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction England Refugee
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This story is moving and poignant and need to be heard. The performance is great.

My only criticism is I don’t think it’s been edited well - the performer repeats himself a few times (which I imagine is normal when recording an audio book) but they’ve not been edited out.

Great story and great performance

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This book is very interesting and I would advise people to read it. It is also very inspiring for refugees and other people.

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i liked that is was in like the voice of benjamin zephaniah and that i listed to it in bed and also i liked the book in general and the face benjamin zephaniah wanted equality and that he wanted to say that refugees arnt here to hurt ypu their here to seek saftey for example afganisan have the taliban and people might refuge from their. have a nice rest of your day staff of audiable!

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Fantastic narration of a wonderful book. Zephaniah is unrivalled in youth fiction.
A must read.

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Anyone with a heart should read this extremely moving and well read book full of history , humour and humanity. Thank you mr Zephaniah

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