Books like Boy Overboard

Maybe I've read this book at least a dozen times before.And maybe my copy is coming unglued from the spine from the number of times I've read it and the number of times I've flipped to the title page to see the authors signature and dedication ('G'day Amy!')And maybe it's written for 8-10 year olds.And maybe it's primary purpose is to explain to children the horrifying plight of asylum seekers, and attempt to humanise an issue that xenophobic assholes spend all their efforts dehumanising.And maybe the main character is absolutely fixated on soccer, to an annoying extent, as a way of making a child from Afghanistan relatable and real, rather than just 'the other'.But damn, this book definitely made me cry. Again.The Australian government insists on taking more and more disgusting measures to avoid fulfilling their legal and moral obligation to house and accept asylum seekers. But I know that if all 10 year olds read this book, our next generation will not make the same mistakes.