Benny and Omar

Written by Eoin Colfer

Narrated by Euan Morton

Two very different cultures collide in this hilarious book about a young sports fanatic named Benny who is forced to leave his home in Ireland and move with his family to Tunisia.

He wonders how he will survive in such an unfamiliar place. Then he teams up with wild and resourceful Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to trouble, escapades, a unique way of communication, and ultimately, a heartbreaking challenge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Release date: Apr 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9780545047623

Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series as well as two adult crime novels, Plugged, which was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Screwed. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

Reviews for Benny and Omar

[cheryl_in_cc_nv · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

First we Americans get culture shock meeting Benny Shaw, an Irish lad. Then he gets culture shock when he's relocated to Tunisia and meets an orphan scrabbling for survival on the streets outside the ex-pats' compound. Funny, insightful, sad, exciting, scary, funny some more, and very thought-provoking.

[katie1802 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

read in primary school, remember it being good, recommended.

[mrs9kehoe · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Hurling-mad Benny has moved to Tunisia with his family and is a fish out of water. Just outside the compound where he lives is a boy named Omar who has a very different life from Benny's. With no common language, they communicate through phrases from 1990's television. Benny can't seem to stay on the right path and his growing friendship with Omar isn't helping. Funny and heartbreaking.