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When stars are scattered / Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed ; color by Iman Geddy.
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal offamily and daily life in a refugee camp."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525553915
- Physical Description: 256 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020.
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- Subject:
- Mohamed, Omar (Social worker) > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugees > Somalia > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugees > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Refugee camps > Kenya > Comic books, strips, etc.
Brothers > Comic books, strips, etc. - Genre:
- Graphic novels.
Available copies
- 9 of 12 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sparwood Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 12 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparwood Public Library | J GRAPHIC JAM (Text) | 35172000299335 | Junior Graphic | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal offamily and daily life in a refugee camp"-- - Baker & Taylor
A Somali refugee who spent his childhood at the Dadaab camp and the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl present the graphic-novel story of a young refugee who struggles with leaving behind his nonverbal brother when he has an opportunity to help his family by going to school. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations. - Penguin Putnam
A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.
Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It's an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story.