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Paperback When Stars Are Scattered: (National Book Award Finalist) Book

ISBN: 0525553908

ISBN13: 9780525553908

When Stars Are Scattered: (National Book Award Finalist)

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A 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...

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Favorite middle grade book I've read...and a TRUE STORY

This graphic novel gives both heartwarming and heartbreaking insight into a childhood lived in a Somalian refugee camp, and the great hope and perseverance that can arise from dire circumstances. An excellent book!

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Published by Karen DeGroot Carter • November 16, 2020

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