I really enjoyed reading this book. It is about a 14-year-old African boy called Alem. His father is Ethiopian and his mother’s Eritrean. There was a war going against these two nations so they had to decide which side they are on. They refused to leave and they his father got beaten up. He and his mother were crying in the corner.
His father takes him on holiday to England to do some sightseeing. However the next morning he finds out that his father has left him a note. It was saying things like I have left you here and I have gone back to Africa to see your mother without you because it is not safe for you. The refugee council would look after him while he was gone. Two ladies come to help him. He is placed somewhere where boys live but he was very unhappy because he was bullied. He tries to run away but that doesn’t help. The Fitzgeralds foster Alem and there is a stroppy 17 year old girl there called Ruth. He wants to start school. All the teachers like him. He is introduced to an Indie band whose black leader is a militant believer in freedom for all.
All of this is not good news. Finally, he hears from his father...
by Saffron Whatley, Year 8
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