Close
(0) items
You have no items in your shopping cart.
All Categories
    Filters
    Preferences
    Search

    Boy Overboard

    €10.00
    Jamal loves playing football, which isn't easy when your goalie only has one leg and you have to dodge landmines to get your ball back. When he and his family are forced to seek sanctuary in Australia, they undergo many troubles, but determine to see out an uncertain future together.
    ISBN: 9780141316253
    AuthorGleitzman, Morris
    Pub Date07/08/2003
    BindingPaperback
    Pages192
    AvailabilityIn Stock
    Accelerated ReaderMiddle Years, Book Level: 3.9
    Availability: In Stock

    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.

    Write your own review
    • Only registered users can write reviews
    *
    *
    • Bad
    • Excellent
    *
    *
    *

    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.

    Customers who bought this item also bought

    The Legend of Spud Murphy

    €8.75
    During the holidays, Will and his big brother Marty are packed off to the library, the home of the dreaded librarian Spud Murphy, who uses a spud gun on kids who put a foot wrong. Eventually, Will and Marty discover a love of books and that Mrs Murphy isn't so bad after all. Ages 8+.
    Accelerated Reader
    Middle Years, Book Level: 3.8

    Sindhu and Jeet's Detective Agency: A Bloomsbury Reader

    €8.75
    Accelerated Reader
    Middle Years, Book Level: 3.9

    Grealish (Ultimate Football Heroes - the No.1 football series): Collect them all!

    €8.75
    From the Playground to the Pitch, meet Sancho - Ultimate Football Hero
    Accelerated Reader
    Middle Years, Book Level: 6.9

    Roy of the Rovers: Going Up

    €12.50
    The third instalment of the all new - and highly anticipated - Roy of the Rovers graphic novel series!
    Accelerated Reader
    Middle Years, Book Level: 2.8

    Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

    €11.25
    Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball becomes a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants - and that was only the beginning.
    Accelerated Reader
    Middle Years, Book Level: 4.6