The Boy At the Back of the Class

Told with heart and humour The Boy at the Back of the Class is 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 my class but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it He s nine years old just like me but he s very strange He never talks and never smiles and doesn t like sweets not even lemon sherbets which are my favourite But then I learned the truth Ahmet really isn t very strange at all He s a refugee who s run away from a War A real one With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people And the more I find out about him the more I want to help That s where my best friends Josie Michael and Tom come in Because you see together we ve come up with a plan With beautiful illustrations by Pippa Curnick