02355cam a2200433 i 4500 505036535 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 180921s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018039287 9781984850812 1984850814 9781984850782 hardcover 1984850784 hardcover 9781984850805 glb 1984850806 glb (OCoLC)1054269023 DLC eng rda DLC BDX YDX GK8 FMG ORX JTH NYP TCH OCLCF YDX DLC EHH UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Ra©ðf, Onjali Q. The boy at the back of the class / Onjali Q. Ra©ðf ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick. First U.S. edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2019] 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2021. "Originally published in paperback by Orion Children's Books, Hachette UK, London, in 2018.". "There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan's classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee. The whole class is curious about this new boy--he doesn't seem to smile, and he doesn't talk much. But after learning that Ahmet fled a Very Real War and was separated from his family along the way, a determined group of his classmates bands together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World--a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones. This accessible, kid-friendly story about the refugee crisis highlights the community-changing potential of standing as an ally and reminds readers that everyone deserves a place to call home"-- Provided by publisher. 20210101. Refugees Juvenile fiction. Schools Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Syrians England London Juvenile fiction. London (England) Juvenile fiction. England Juvenile fiction. Curnick, Pippa, illustrator. Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee 2021.