Refugee boy
By: Benjamin Zephaniah.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books; Distributed to the trade by St. Martin's Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Eritrean-Ethiopian War, 1998- -- Juvenile fiction.; Eritrean-Ethiopian War, 1998- -- Fiction.; Refugees -- England -- Fiction.; Asylum, Right of -- England -- Fiction.; Foster home care -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
First sentence: 'is bum smells
Description: Fourteen-year-old Alem Kelo adjusts to life as a foster child seeking asylum in London, while his Eritrean mother and Ethiopian father work for peace between their homelands in Africa. his future lies in the hands of the Refugee Council and the British justice system.