BOY OVERBOARD - MORRIS
GLEITZMAN
One of a trio of books
my friend Liz loaned me to read after she read it with her grandkids.
The story is taken through the eyes of a brother and sister of
Afghanistan - children coming from a different lifestyle to that
those of us living in the Western World currently have.
The kids are obsessed
with football, and later on with living in Australia and the story
tells the tale of how their dreams progress and develop when the
family attempts to relocate overseas due to enforced government
dictations that make it unsafe for them to continue to live where
they were. On their ventures they connect with a boy and an older
girl whom they become close to when temporarily separated from their
parents.
It is interesting to
see how these kids treasure a toy football as much as the ancestral
candlestick. For adults and older youth readers, the attitude of the
Australian government can be compared in relation to the Afghanistan
government - and thence into our own 'leaders'.
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