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Refugee Boy
Benjamin Zephaniah
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Description for Refugee Boy
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
An eye for an eye. It's very simple. You choose your homeland like a hyena picking and choosing where he steals his next meal from. Scavenger. Yes you grovel to the feet of Mengistu and when his people spit at you and kick you from the bowl you scuttle across the border. Scavenger. As a violent civil war rages back home, teenager Alem and his father are in a B&B in Berkshire. It's his best holiday ever. The next morning his father is gone and has left a note explaining that he and his mother want to ... Read more
An eye for an eye. It's very simple. You choose your homeland like a hyena picking and choosing where he steals his next meal from. Scavenger. Yes you grovel to the feet of Mengistu and when his people spit at you and kick you from the bowl you scuttle across the border. Scavenger. As a violent civil war rages back home, teenager Alem and his father are in a B&B in Berkshire. It's his best holiday ever. The next morning his father is gone and has left a note explaining that he and his mother want to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472506450
SKU
V9781472506450
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Benjamin Zephaniah
Lemn Sissay is a musician, a stand-up comedian, radio and television producer, a playwright and a poet. He is the author of five poetry collections (Canongate), and one children's book, published by Bloomsbury. Of Ethiopian descent, he was brought up by white parents in the north west of England. His previous plays include Don't Look Down (1993), Chaos by Design ... Read more
Reviews for Refugee Boy
The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through . . . Hilarious and later heartbreaking.
Alfred Hickling
Guardian
Fine and humane play... Sissay weaves in poetry, laughter... moments of awe
The Times
Although tragic, this play is funny. The writers provide barrow-loads of sharp lines and exchanges.
Ray Brown
... Read more
Alfred Hickling
Guardian
Fine and humane play... Sissay weaves in poetry, laughter... moments of awe
The Times
Although tragic, this play is funny. The writers provide barrow-loads of sharp lines and exchanges.
Ray Brown
... Read more