
Acclaimed performance poet & novelist Benjamin Zephaniah's honest wry & poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more power & 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 & 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 & he must forge his own path Brilliantly written & with a real ear for dialogue fans of Angie Thomas & Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers Refugee Boy Face Gangsta Rap Teacher's Dead