The Boy At the Back of the Class Helen Oyeyemi Rudy devises a strategy that

Rudy devises a strategy that may finally get his disrespectful cousin in line

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The Boy At the Back of the Class Helen Oyeyemi Rudy devises a strategy thatTold with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it. He's nine years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets not even lemon sherbets,