Reviews tagging 'War'

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

35 reviews

megyeager's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was heartbreaking and so beautiful. The story was told so honestly and authentically. I would recommend this book to anyone of any age. This is a great book to use to introduce kids to a serious topic like refugee camps and what it means to not have a safe place to go back to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Bullying, and Death of parent

auri_underthing's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Absolutely heartbreaking.
Three words to describe this book: dust, desperation, hope. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

pedantichumbug's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal death, War, and Ableism

Minor: Suicide and Adult/minor relationship

shea_proulx's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Confinement

Minor: Medical trauma, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Drug use

cathyrodgers's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This nonfiction graphic novel/memoir follows the life of main character and author, Omar Mohamed.  Readers learn about the many years of waiting, hunger, loneliness, and fear he lives with daily in Dadaab , a refugee camp in Kenya.  Although the circumstances of Omar’s life are dire, the book ends on a hopeful note.  I loved When Stars Are Scattered and will be encouraging everyone I know to read it.  I highly recommend it to adults who, like me, are sensitive to many topics involving children. The book’s middle grade audience keeps the details age-appropriate - just the right level for me.  I recommend reading this book in print or with a reading app on an iPad or tablet. Ereaders, such as Kindle,  with black and white format will miss out on the wonderful colors of this graphic novel.   Parents/teachers:  check the content warnings for age appropriateness for your reader(s).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

Children separated from mother by civil war.

stories's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.5

Engaging and accessible retelling of co-author Omar Mohamed’s experience growing up in a refugee camp. 

Certainly worth watching for a copy for the classroom, because it does a lovely job of telling the bare bones while leaving darker tragedies between the lines. 

Make sure you read the after notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent, War, Grief, Pregnancy, Animal death, Misogyny, Death, and Gun violence

Minor forced arranged marriage

jams_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

I bawled like a baby

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was an incredibly written and beautifully illustrated graphic novel. 

With such an important and relevant story to tell, the graphic novel route was a great choice. Having the visuals to go along with the text and speech throughout only gives the reader a more in-depth experience with a situation that thousands and thousands of people in the world experience.

'When Stars Are Scattered' took me on a journey with two brothers and with my emotions. It is both a powerful and educational story and I loved every single moment of this reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, War, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

aus10england's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Oh, my heart. This is why graphic novel memoirs should exist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

fayelilyc's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death