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A review by hickorynut
When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
An incredibly powerful graphic memoir of Somalian refugees Omar and his disabled nonverbal brother Hassan. It begins with their adolescent life in the refugee camp, and as the book progresses it fills us in on the boys' story and how they came to be there. We are introduced to a wide variety of individuals within their surrounding community, and witness as their found family bonds deepen. This follows the boys up until Omar is 19 and they are finally selected to resettle in America.
This was so well done and emotive in the most heart wrenching ways. The realities of open-air prison life are not sugar coated and the emotional and physical struggles to live in such conditions are deeply explored. The tragic reality of how the boys came to be in a refugee camp was sobering and painful. Overall it was incredibly well done and such a poignant, important piece of history.
This was so well done and emotive in the most heart wrenching ways. The realities of open-air prison life are not sugar coated and the emotional and physical struggles to live in such conditions are deeply explored. The tragic reality of how the boys came to be in a refugee camp was sobering and painful. Overall it was incredibly well done and such a poignant, important piece of history.