Nowhere Boy Book Summary. Lonely and homesick, max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. Together the two boys form a friendship as they make plans for ahmed’s new life.
A dangerous encounter with a smuggler leads ahmed to hide in max’s basement. Newly arrived in brussels, belgium, ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of europe. Is a wish granted by god! when the victor of the game show wishes for the end of the world, god accepts this wish with a set condition:
One open gate leads him to the home of max, an american boy living in brussels.
Nowhere boy katherine marsh genre: Reader & educator guide companion reads: Welcome to survival, 'i am unhappy,' the exciting game show to find the world's unhappiest person! Only max doesn’t know that ahmed is there.