Book Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class

The Boy at the Back of the Class

by Onjali Q. Raúf

Random House Children’s

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Children’s Fiction

Pub Date 06 Aug 2019

I am reviewing a copy of The Boy at the Back of the Class through Delacorte Books for Young Readers:

There was an empty chair at the back of Mrs Khan’s classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the new school year it is filled by a new kid, a Syrian Refugee named Ahmet.

Everyone is curious about the new kid in class. He doesn’t seem to smile and he doesn’t talk much! After learning that Ahmet fled from a very real war and ended up being separated from his family along the way a group of his classmates come together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World, a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones.

This book tales the Refugees story with humor and heart, sharing the story or the Refugee crisis in the way kids can.

I give The Boy in the Back Of the Class five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!