Morris Gleitzman Boy Overboard Quotes

Boy Overboard is a novel by Morris Gleitzman. The story is about a boy, Jamal, and his family living in Afghanistan. His mum has been running an illegal school and the government has found out, so they have to try and flee the country and move to Australia. Throughout the book we follow them and see what situations they have to face. It is interesting because the author has put it in a way we can understand. The writer makes this happen by writing it in Jamal's point of view. This style is a narrative. The authors message tells us through a personal approach about a particular family. An important character in the novel is Bibi who is Jamal's sister. She is brave, sassy and caring. We see this in the way she does what she wants, how she speaks and how she cares for her family. She also breaks the the law when she is outside without a male companionship, not wearing her burqa and she is playing soccer with Jamal her brother and Jamal's friends. She is an important character as the authors message tell us because she helps Jamal fight the government in Afghanistan which is in the middle of a civil war.

We see this when at the very start of the novel, they are playing soccer when the ball goes missing. Bibi goes to find it and she finds it under a tank, then she yells "you squishy lump of camel snot","give us out ball back!" This shows us that she is an important character in the novel because she isn't afraid of many things and shows how she says what she wants. Brave also means sticking up for people that you love and care about. It also means that sometimes you have to put yourself in danger to save people but it isn't guaranteed that you will survive but at least the people you love are