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Victoria Jamieson
Omar Mohamed
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.
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Author
Victoria Jamieson
Pages
264
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2020-04-14
ISBN
0525553916 9780525553915
Ratings
Google: 5
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"3.5 stars"
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Olivia
"I like how it had so much meaning in it. It made me realize that I am truly blessed to have the life that I have now. Including family. This story just made my heart sink when I heard that Omar and Hassan were going to be resellted in America. This is a truly amazing, heart warming story."
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Laci Henderson
"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.<br/><br/>This was an amazing book that shows the life of a refugee through a child's eyes as he grows and waits. It's made for children, so it's a "lighter" read in a graphic novel form that deals with real-life and a very serious issue in our world. The author, Omar, tells his story of what he went through while in a refugee camp in Kenya with his brother. What I really liked was to see how another culture treated someone (his brother) who had special needs (no language, seizures, etc.). This book is definitely worth the read. Even though it took me a minute to get into the graphic novel format. It was a book full of hope in a world with so little to offer.<br/><br/>I rate this 5"