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Refugee Boy

Published
Jul 2011
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General Fiction General Fiction
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291

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Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days together until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find the unthinkable. His father has left him. It is only when the owner of the bed and breakfast hands him a letter that Alem is given an explanation. Alem's father admits that because of the political problems in Ethiopia both he and Alem's mother felt Alem would be safer in London - even though it is breaking their hearts to do this. Alem is now on his own, in the hands of the social services and the Refugee Council. He lives from letter to letter, waiting to hear from his father, and in particular about his mother, who has now gone missing...

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Mar 2002 Bloomsbury ISBN 0747550867
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May 2002 Bloomsbury ISBN 1582347638
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Jun 2004 Turtleback Books ISBN 0606303030
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First Edition Jul 2011 Bloomsbury ISBN 1408825406
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Sep 2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN B08GM8NDZ1
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