Acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah’s honest, wry and poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more power and pertinence today than when it was first published. Alem’s father is Ethopian, his mother Eritrean, and with their two countries at war, he is welcome in neither place. So when his father brings him to London for what should be a holiday, Alem is thrilled – until he wakes to find his father has vanished. What looks at first like a betrayal turns out to be an act of love, but Alem must now find his own way alone in a strange country… ‘Playful, obstinate and courageously humorous … hilarious and later heartbreaking’ Guardian ‘Sweet, funny, highly inventive’ Yorkshire Post
Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, this is one of Benjamin Zephaniah’s acclaimed novels for young adult readers, alongside Face, Gangsta Rap and Teacher’s Dead – essential reading for fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman.
ISBN 13: 9781408894996
Author: Benjamin Zephaniah
