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Jamal loves playing football, which isn't easy if your goalie only has one leg and you keep having to dodge landmines to get your ball back. Jamal's stubborn little sister Bibi is even better at football than Jamal. But girls playing football is against the law in Afganistan. When it is discovered that Jamal's mother has been secretly running a school, the family must leave their home immediately and begin a long and dangerous journey to Australia. The children survive separation from their parents, hunger, and violent smugglers only to find that Australia isn't as welcoming as they had thought but, even though they face an uncertain future, Jamal, Bibi and their parents know that as long as they are together, that is all that matters.
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Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best-known for his hugely successful children's books. BUMFACE was shortlisted for the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book made me cry because it was sad in places. I enjoyed it and thought that it was better than some of the other books that Morris Gleitzman has written. It is about a boy who has to leave his war-torn country with his Mum, Dad and sister, Bibi, because his parents are secretely running a school when they are not supposed to. The family leave to go to Australia because they need to go somewhere safe, so they leave their country. But will the family get to Australia? And will it be all that they think it is going to be?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A brilliant book about a boy his sister and there mum and dad. they live in afghanistan an jamal
(the boy)is a massive football fan. his mum and dad run a secret school and have to leave afghanistan when the goverment find out about it.they head for australia and on there way they have to tackle storms pirates and assasins and a refugee camp.
i would recomend this book to anyone who like everyday humour books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(the boy)is a massive football fan. his mum and dad run a secret school and have to leave afghanistan when the goverment find out about it.they head for australia and on there way they have to tackle storms pirates and assasins and a refugee camp.
i would recomend this book to anyone who like everyday humour books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read this to my Year 4 and they have LOVED this book. Without giving too much away, the story follows the fortunes of a family from Afghanistan that has upset 'the government' and is forced to flee, aiming to seek asylum in Australia. The story is divided up into nugget-sized chapters, with cliff-hangers on every other page, which makes reading it aloud to an audience a very rewarding experience. It is not a true story, but it so easily could be. Morris Gleitzman is SO good at putting together a story around a very serious theme but balancing that with humour and a shining optimism. My only slight criticism is that on second reading the lead character seems almost irritatingly naive, but then it was the first time my class had heard the story, and they fell for the character hook, line and sinker.
This is a story written for children, but I heartily recommend it to children, teens and adults alike - the text is not hard, and the story-telling is well worth it.
This is a story written for children, but I heartily recommend it to children, teens and adults alike - the text is not hard, and the story-telling is well worth it.
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Drama into writing
This book has so many key issues and makes an excellent upper KS2 literacy focus. There are opportunities to do lots of drama which then leads on to some exciting writing! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Cherryteach
Brilliant, Amusing and Outrageous!
Boy Overboard is now one of my favourite books by the world famous writer, Morris Gleitzman. It is funny but also touching story about an Afghanstan boy named Jamal. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2008
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