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Boy, Everywhere
A.M. Dassu
(Old Barn Books)
Boy, Everywhere
£7.99
Sami is Boy, Everywhere, living a comfortable life in Damascus with exams, friends, football and ice-cream in the mall. However an explosion means his family are forced to abandon their lives and seek safety. Yet this action means leaving everything they know and hold dear behind them.
Their journey is fraught with deception and uncertainty, danger and betrayal. Sparks of hope and the prospect of a wider family network in Manchester spur them forward. There can be no turning back, despite the scent of orange blossom, the lure of PlayStation and the stands of Bentleys and Rolls- Royce… Now it’s the clinical harshness of the detention centre and thereafter the likelihood of starting all over again, without protection, respect or knowledge or who Sami’s family are, have been, and what they’ve endured.
Thereafter, will they receive welcome and compassion in their new home city, from the family network, at school and work?
Boy, Everywhere is a ‘wake up’ reminder of the people about us, with whom we might learn, work or live. Refugees, immigrants have stories that demand our understanding and compassion. Sami’s story shakes us. Boy, Everywhere is an urgent, compassionate and humane title that Bookwagon recommends highly to our older readers.
This title is available for pre-order ahead of its release on October 22nd.
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