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Wenn Sterne verstreut sind

Wenn Sterne verstreut sind

DramaGraphic Novels
Pages
224
Published
2020
Language
German

Synopsis

Omar and his younger brother Hassan have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya, after their father was killed and they were separated from their mother in Somalia. Life in the camp is unrelenting: never enough food, no real access to the medical care Hassan needs since he is nonverbal, and days that stretch out with nothing in them. When Omar gets the chance to attend school, he realizes it might be the one path toward a different future for both of them.

Co-written by Omar Mohamed from his own childhood and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson (creator of the Newbery Honor book "Roller Girl"), "When Stars Are Scattered" is a National Book Award finalist graphic memoir that renders the daily reality of refugee life — its tedium, its dangers, and its persistent hope — for a middle-grade audience.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

HeartwarmingHopefulEmotionalReflective
Survival

Genres

Drama Graphic Novels YA Contemporary Biography & Memoir

Authors

V
Victoria Jamieson

Victoria Jamieson is a children's book author and illustrator. She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, and went on to receive her MA in Museum Studies at the University of Syndey. After living in Rome, Montreal, and Australia, she moved back to the United States, where she began working as a designer with a children's book publisher in New York City. She now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son. Source: http://www.victoriajamieson.com/media/ Photo credit: Vi...

Characters

OmarProtagonist

A boy raised in the Dadaab refugee camp who fights for the chance to go to school.

HassanSupporting

Omar's younger, nonverbal brother, whom Omar cares for throughout the memoir.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book based on a true story?

    The narrative is a memoir based on the childhood experiences of co-author Omar Mohamed, who spent his youth in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya after fleeing the Somali Civil War.

  • What happens to the characters after the main story ends?

    The book includes an afterword that provides a postscript to the story, offering updates on the lives of Omar and his brother Hassan beyond the events depicted in the graphic novel.

  • Are there other books that continue this story?

    While this work stands as a complete account of the childhood years spent in the camp, Omar Mohamed has expressed interest in potentially writing a follow-up project that explores his life as an adult.