Alexa and her friends have lots of questions about the new boy in their London classroom: why doesn't he go to lunch or recess with the other kids? Why doesn't he talk to anyone? Then they overhear two adults say that Ahmed is a refugee from the war in Syria. He has been separated from his parents, his little sister drowned at sea when they were escaping, and on one at school speaks his language. The friends are outraged to learn that England will be closing their borders to refugees, so they plan how to convince the Queen to help Ahmed. Alexa learns that her own grandmother was a refugee who escaped the Nazis to come to England during World War II.
Sadly, I have no ebook links for this moving and funny book.
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