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When Stars Are Scattered : (National Book Award Finalist) by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed (2020, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100525553908
ISBN-139780525553908
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038709604
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhen Stars Are Scattered : (National Book Award Finalist)
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPeople & Places / Africa, Family / Siblings, Comics & Graphic Novels / General, Social Science / Sociology, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Publication Year2020
IllustratorYes, Jamieson, Victoria, Geddy, Iman
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorVictoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2019-047886
ReviewsNational Book Award Finalist Schneider Family Book Award, Middle School Honor YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Nominee Walter Award Winner (Younger Readers) Amazon Best Children's Book of 2020 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book TIME Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of 2020 Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2020 NYPL Best Book for Kids NPR's Book Concierge Pick Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book 2021 ALSC Notable Children's Books List 2021 Children's Africana Book Award Honor Book 2021 Josette Frank Award Winner 2021 Notable Books for a Global Society List "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review "With this sensitive and poignant tale, Jamieson and Mohamed express the power of the human spirit to persevere." -- School Library Journal , starred review "Tragedy is certainly present throughout the story, yet Mohamed and Jamieson's focus on deep familial love and education works to subvert many refugee stereotypes." -- Horn Book , starred review "Mohamed's experience is unfortunately not unique, but it is told with grace, humility, and forgiveness. This beautiful memoir is not to be missed." -- Booklist , starred review "Jamieson and Mohamed together craft a cohesive, winding story that balances daily life and boredom, past traumas, and unforeseen outcomes alongside camp denizens' ingenuity and community . . . colorist Iman Geddy's deep purple skies drive home the title. The result of this team effort is a personal and poignant entry point for young readers trying to understand an unfair world." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The graphic novel presentation and first person narration from the young narrator creates an immediacy and connection with the events of the story. Readers are quickly drawn into Omar's world and worry for him and his friends." -- School Library Connection "Over the next fifteen years chronicled in this moving, slightly fictionalized graphic novel, the boys grow to manhood in an overcrowded tent city . . . Jamieson's artwork, affectionately depicting resilient kids who manage to carve out lives in a community with few solid prospects, reprises the inviting ebullience readers will recognize from Roller Girl and All's Faire." --BCCB YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, National Book Award Finalist Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist Amazon Best Children's Book of 2020 "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review "With this sensitive and poignant tale, Jamieson and Mohamed express the power of the human spirit to persevere." -- School Library Journal , starred review "Tragedy is certainly present throughout the story, yet Mohamed and Jamieson's focus on deep familial love and education works to subvert many refugee stereotypes." -- Horn Book , starred review "Mohamed's experience is unfortunately not unique, but it is told with grace, humility, and forgiveness. This beautiful memoir is not to be missed." -- Booklist , starred review "Jamieson and Mohamed together craft a cohesive, winding story that balances daily life and boredom, past traumas, and unforeseen outcomes alongside camp denizens' ingenuity and community . . . colorist Iman Geddy's deep purple skies drive home the title. The result of this team effort is a personal and poignant entry point for young readers trying to understand an unfair world." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Over the next fifteen years chronicled in this moving, slightly fictionalized graphic novel, the boys grow to manhood in an overcrowded tent city . . . Jamieson's artwork, affectionately depicting resilient kids who manage to carve out lives in a community with few solid prospects, reprises the inviting ebullience readers will recognize from Roller Girl and All's Faire." --BCCB, National Book Award Finalist Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review "With this sensitive and poignant tale, Jamieson and Mohamed express the power of the human spirit to persevere." -- School Library Journal , starred review "Tragedy is certainly present throughout the story, yet Mohamed and Jamieson's focus on deep familial love and education works to subvert many refugee stereotypes." -- Horn Book , starred review "Mohamed's experience is unfortunately not unique, but it is told with grace, humility, and forgiveness. This beautiful memoir is not to be missed." -- Booklist , starred review "Jamieson and Mohamed together craft a cohesive, winding story that balances daily life and boredom, past traumas, and unforeseen outcomes alongside camp denizens' ingenuity and community . . . colorist Iman Geddy's deep purple skies drive home the title. The result of this team effort is a personal and poignant entry point for young readers trying to understand an unfair world." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Over the next fifteen years chronicled in this moving, slightly fictionalized graphic novel, the boys grow to manhood in an overcrowded tent city . . . Jamieson's artwork, affectionately depicting resilient kids who manage to carve out lives in a community with few solid prospects, reprises the inviting ebullience readers will recognize from Roller Girl and All's Faire." --BCCB, "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review, A New York Times Bestseller National Book Award Finalist Schneider Family Book Award, Middle School Honor YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Nominee Walter Award Winner (Younger Readers) Amazon Best Children's Book of 2020 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book TIME Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of 2020 Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2020 NYPL Best Book for Kids NPR's Book Concierge Pick Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book 2021 ALSC Notable Children's Books List 2021 Children's Africana Book Award Honor Book 2021 Josette Frank Award Winner 2021 Notable Books for a Global Society List "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review "With this sensitive and poignant tale, Jamieson and Mohamed express the power of the human spirit to persevere." -- School Library Journal , starred review "Tragedy is certainly present throughout the story, yet Mohamed and Jamieson's focus on deep familial love and education works to subvert many refugee stereotypes." -- Horn Book , starred review "Mohamed's experience is unfortunately not unique, but it is told with grace, humility, and forgiveness. This beautiful memoir is not to be missed." -- Booklist , starred review "Jamieson and Mohamed together craft a cohesive, winding story that balances daily life and boredom, past traumas, and unforeseen outcomes alongside camp denizens' ingenuity and community . . . colorist Iman Geddy's deep purple skies drive home the title. The result of this team effort is a personal and poignant entry point for young readers trying to understand an unfair world." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The graphic novel presentation and first person narration from the young narrator creates an immediacy and connection with the events of the story. Readers are quickly drawn into Omar's world and worry for him and his friends." -- School Library Connection "Over the next fifteen years chronicled in this moving, slightly fictionalized graphic novel, the boys grow to manhood in an overcrowded tent city . . . Jamieson's artwork, affectionately depicting resilient kids who manage to carve out lives in a community with few solid prospects, reprises the inviting ebullience readers will recognize from Roller Girl and All's Faire." --BCCB YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, "Jamieson's characteristically endearing art, warmly colored by Geddy, perfectly complements Omar's story, conjuring memorable and sympathetic characters who will stay with readers long after they close the book . . . This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some." -- Kirkus, starred review "With this sensitive and poignant tale, Jamieson and Mohamed express the power of the human spirit to persevere." -- School Library Journal , starred review
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromFourth Grade
Dewey Decimal741.5
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisA 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., Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a 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.
LC Classification NumberHV640.5.S8J36 2020
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