The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf

The Boy at the Back of the Class was the first book written by author and activist Onjali Q Raúf and was published in 2018. It tells the story of a young boy named Ahmet, a refugee from Syria, who starts at a new school after being separated from his family on his journey to London. Four children in his class determine to become his friends and to reunite him with his family. It deals with very serious subjects, including war, death and racist bullying, all from the viewpoint of one of those children. 

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