In the vein of timely titles such as Katherine Applegate\u00b4s Wishtree and Alan Gratz\u00b4s Refugee comes a touching, accessible middle-grade debut about the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, as well as the life-changing power of friendship and standing as anally. There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan\u00b4s classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee. The whole class is curious about this new boy--he doesn\u00b4t seem to smile, and he doesn\u00b4t talk much. But after learning that Ahmet fled a Very Real War and was separated from his family along the way, a determined group of his classmates band together to concoct the Greatest Idea in the World--a magnificent plan to reunite Ahmet with his loved ones.