The Boy at the Back of the Class!

In year 5, we have been reading "The boy at the back of the class" by Onjali Q.Rauf. This is a fictional story about a group of friends who notice there is a strange new boy that joins their class. Until they learned the truth that Ahmet wasn't strange at all, he was a boy who had run away from a war torn country and the teachers called him a "refugee". This tale shows themes of friendship, understanding and compassion and follows the group of friends as they scheme a plan of how to befriend Ahemt anf gain his trust. 

"I like how the story runs, it's mysterious in places and makes you feel sad and happy all at the same time"- Xavia

"What I like about the boy at the back of the class is that the foreign boy was saved from the war and managed to make lots of new friends at his new school"- Saya

"I thought the story was interesting as it explains how refugees arrive at new countries"- Alex