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Boy, Everywhere
- Narrated by: Felix Star
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
A story of survival, family and bravery. In a world where we are told to see refugees as 'other', this story reminds listeners that 'they' are also 'us'.
Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria. He hangs out with his best friend playing video games, he's trying out for the football team, he adores his family and gets annoyed by them in equal measure. But his comfortable life gets sidetracked abruptly after a bombing in a nearby shopping mall. Knowing that the violence will only get worse, Sami's parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK.
Boy, Everywhere chronicles their harrowing journey and struggle to settle in a new land. Forced to sell all their belongings and leave their friends and beloved grandmother behind, Sami and his family travel across the Middle East to Turkey, where they end up in a smuggler's den. From there, they cross the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean and manage to fly to England only to be separated and detained in an immigration prison for the crime of seeking asylum. Yet the transition from refugee to immigrant in a new life will be the greatest challenge Sami has ever faced.
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Critic reviews
"Carefully researched, wholly convincing, it's a gripping, uncompromising debut, super-charged with the power of empathy." (The Guardian)
"A story that everyone should read, written with empathy, tenderness and hope." (Patrice Lawrence)
"Sami's story is gripping, heart-breaking and realistic, told with devastating clarity and compassion." (Liz Flanagan)
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- Anonymous User
- 03-11-23
Showing us the reality of the lives of refuges
I liked the story and the events and it created heart warming moments and was intense at times
The only thing I would improve on is the ideas and the overthinking but in the end it did create suspense which is always interesting
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- Clare Hutchinson
- 18-07-22
Really Great Book
This is my favourite book it is so beautifully written I would recommend for 11+ readers and it is also definitely a book for adults and not just children, I couldn’t stop listening to it and finished it in a day.
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- SGS
- 05-04-22
Amazing
I love it! Rlly good but a bit sad. I recommend to 12-18 years.
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