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Alem's Story

Alem's Story

Refugee Boy follows fourteen-year-old Alem Kelo, whose Ethiopian father and Eritrean mother make him unsafe in both countries during the border war. His father takes him to Britain and leaves him there so that Alem can claim asylum.

1.3.10 Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (stage adaptation by Lemn Sissay) Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /1.3.10 Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (stage adaptation by Lemn Sissay)

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1.3.10 Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (stage adaptation by Lemn Sissay). Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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