Aug 7, 2018 · Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe.

Thirteen-year-old Max never wanted to move from America to Brussels, Belgium and continue his life of failure, this time at a French-speaking school. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s worlds collide, changing everything they know about heroism, hope, and love.

Aug 25, 2020 · Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe.

Nowhere Boy is 2018 a young adult novel by Katherine Marsh set in Brussels, Belgium, in 2015-2016. The chapters alternate between the perspectives of Ahmed Nasser, a 14-year-old Syrian refugee, and Max Howard, a 13-year-old American dealing with homesickness and culture shock.

Aug 7, 2018 · Riveting friendship tale set against terror, refugee crisis. Parents need to know that Katherine Marsh's book Nowhere Boy examines themes of racism, fear of foreigners, terrorism, and global politics through the lens of 13-year-old American Max's and 14-year-old Syrian Ahmed's experiences.

Aug 25, 2020 · Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow.

Sep 3, 2018 · Author Katherine Marsh wrote the young adult novel Nowhere Boy — about a teenage Syrian refugee whose father dies on the journey to Europe — in part to help her kids make sense of big,...

Mar 11, 2019 · Nowhere Boy (4 starred reviews!) brings together Max, a white American boy whose family has moved to Brussels and Ahmed, an unaccompanied Syrian refugee boy whose painful journey leads to the same city. A dangerous encounter with a smuggler leads Ahmed to hide in Max’s basement.