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Boy Overboard
- Narrated by: Morris Gleitzman
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Sometimes, to save the people you love, you have to go overboard. A story of hope, ball control, and an incredible journey.
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"Morris Gleitzman's children's stories are among the most widely read and loved." (AudioFile)
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- debbie
- 06-05-2016
My year six class loved this!!
Great way to engage reluctant boys in reading and everyone else in the class. We worried, laughed and cheered!
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- deniz_k
- 05-06-2023
Grade 5 novel
I’m a mum and listened to it with my 11 year old for homework. It was a wonderful story and told very well. We were very engaged in the story and didn’t want it to end.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-2020
A M A Z I N G !
I really liked this book because it kept me wanting to listen to it more.
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- Tam
- 11-06-2017
Great read
If you could sum up Boy Overboard in three words, what would they be?
Exciting read
What about Morris Gleitzman’s performance did you like?
Illustrates the concerns that asylum seekers have, the fact they are escaping war torn lives and prosecution.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
So many, from the land mine to the search plane.
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Every though its a short book, I was constantly entertained and interested. Loved it.
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- Bridg
- 12-08-2020
A fabulous book
I teach Year 4 in Australia and my class loved this book. They laughed, we’re moved to tears and really cared about the characters and their flight to seek asylum. We had some big discussions, especially over the ending. Highly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-06-2021
Year 6 class novel
Read the book along with the audio book as a class with 26 year 6 students. They were hooked! Loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-05-2017
An educational read for my children
Told from the perspective of a young boy, this story gave my children a great insight into the plight of refugees and asylum seekers.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-2023
THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I EVER HEARD OF
This book was very very very very very very very AWESOME thats all I wanna say
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- Verena
- 22-01-2024
A great review
It was soooo good I loved it it was as suspenseful and sad and happy at the same time 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏
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