A review by baileyreneec
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.0

A beautiful story. Yet another graphic novel that absolutely blew me away. This novel is a phenomenal representation of growing up in a refugee camp for a middle-grade audience. While heartbreaking at many, many points, When Stars are Scattered is ultimately a story about hope. Finding it, losing it, and finding it again, Omar and his brother Hassan are forced to live in a world that doesn’t treat them like humans. We are constantly told of their starvation and their suffering. It’s a perfect balance of presenting the truth of their situation and building up a beautiful love between the characters to present a found-family theme.