Refugee Boy

Such a powerful and sad storey!

It was an easy read on a difficult topic.

This is a very great book about friendship between a refugee and all his mates and people who cared for him and how every refugee is just as important and unique as each and every one of us. Benjamin Zephaniah (the author of this book) made a point that even though most people in the whole world are kind, honest, friendly, heart-warming and ready to help others, there are still a small fraction of unjust and disrespectful people looming about on our planet - just like the men in the black van disagreeing with the demonstration helping Alem the refugee and his father to stay and live in Britain. I would recommend it to someone else.

Very little descriptive language, not much focus on setting so hard to place where Alem is, and the boy suffers the loss of loved ones, cries for a couple of hours then appears normal again - doesn't seem very true to me. I know he has to 'stay strong' and has a lot else to deal with but I expected more emotion.
Sad that it reflects real life stories and experiences, brings the issue to light but writing style did not captivate me.

This is about a boy called Alem Kelo who is a refugee from Eritrea and Ethiopia. His mom Eritrean his dad Ethiopian. Both countries countries are at war with each other and Alems family need to escape. He and his dad moved to England after his mother was beheaded by Ethiopian Forces

This is an amazing book. It follows the story of Alem Kelo and his forced leave out of Badme, an area being fought over by Ethiopia and Eritrea, and finding himself in England. Alem experiences trauma, bullying and racism during the separation from his father, with whom he has a very close relationship and bond. Mr Kelo is killed at the end of the story which breaks the reader's heart.

Its OK
Won't really recommend this because it is kinda sad
But its also fine st the same time
Little interesting too

This book was okay. The characters were very boring and the way it was written was very bland. I think the plot was okay, but the ending was too happy for me. Not my style.

A bit heartbreaking.

Good

This book was really good but also kinda sad . It was sad when his mum and dad died but at least he had his foster parents to talk to . I think this book was fiction and is was really great to read. I would definitely recommend this book to someone else .

Very good. Quite emotional in some parts. You have to have a strong heart to read this book. BEAUTIFUL BOOK

Quite emotional in places but it really opened my eyes to a system which I previously knew little about.

A heart-breaking story which still resonates today. It made me think about how we label and judge people without considering their stories.

Very moving