What is Refugee Boy?
{{Infobox book | name = Refugee Boy | author = [[Benjamin Zephaniah]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = English | series = | subject = [[Ethiopia-Eritrea War]] | genre = Biography | publisher = | pub_date = | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | oclc = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Refugee Boy''''' is a book written by [[Benjamin Zephaniah]]. == Plot == The whole story centers around the 14-year-old Alem Kelo. He is a boy born of an [[Ethiopia]]n father and an [[Eritrea]]n mother at a time when the two countries were [[Ethiopia-Eritrea War|at war]] with each other. His father takes him to [[London]] to be safe. There he has to fight for his status as a [[refugee]]. Alem and his father had to leave Ethiopia or die, so Alem's father (Mr Kelo) decides to leave Alem in England until there is peace. Soon after arriving in London, Officers from the council in charge of refugees told Alem that he was going to have a hearing in [[court]]. In the hearing, they took a photograph, fingerprints, and was questioned for hours. Alem was sent to live in a [[Youth centre|care home]] for boys. He slept in a room with Stanley Burton. He also made a friend named Mustafa. Later, the caretakers decide to put Alem in a [[Foster care|foster home]] with Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald and their daughter Ruth. At one point during his stay with the Fitzgeralds, he receives a letter from his father stating that Alem's mother was murdered. Meanwhile, Alem had to appear in court several times to defend his application for refugee status. His father returned to England, because it had become very unsustainable in Ethiopia. He lived in a refugee center. Alem is sent to school, and is a studious boy who reads a lot. His school friends prepare a [[protest]] against the verdict of the court (which is to deport him back to Ethiopia). This made a big difference and Alem was even in the news. Immediately