Boy Overboard
by Morris Gleitzman
Taste attributes: teenadventuredramafastwholesomelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalall consuming quest
Boxlist takeA pacy book, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like pace over patience.
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Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Jamal dreams of playing soccer in the World Cup even though he lives in a country where children are not allowed to play the game. When the family is forced to flee their homeland, Jamal and his sister Bibi are separated from their parents and must continue the perilous journey alone with other refugees on a leaking boat.
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- Author
- Morris Gleitzman
- Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 192
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- Open Library
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