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OMAR: I have always wanted to write a book to educate others about my experience as a refugee. I had already started drafting my story when I met Victoria. We met when Victoria visited Church World Service, the organization I work for that is dedicated to showing welcome to refugees, immigrants, asylum-seekers and other uprooted people within the United States, who are seeking safety and the opportunity to rebuild their lives. I was introduced to her by my co-worker who was showing her around the office. After the introduction, my co-worker told Victoria how I always wanted to write a book. The minute I first met with Vicki, I had confidence in sharing my story with her.

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.

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"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"-- Publisher

He was working on a memoir about his childhood when he first met a fellow local volunteer named Victoria Jamieson. Suddenly he had an opportunity to tell the story of growing up in a refugee camp in a very different way than the one he originally imagined.

Jamieson: I began volunteering with a local resettlement agency in Portland, Oregon, back when the news was filled with stories of the Syrian refugee crisis. These stories seemed so far away, and I felt helpless to make any sort of difference from my home in the United States. I began researching local refugee resettlement agencies, and I quickly learned that there are many, many ways for people to get involved, even in your own neighborhood!

Omar, when you were growing up in Dadaab, did you have any experience with comic books? I understand you were originally trying to tell your story in prose for an adult audience. What helped you change your mind to collaborate with Victoria on a graphic novel for younger readers?

Mohamed: There are many organizations, locally and internationally, that work with refugees, including my own non-profit Refugee Strong. You can make contributions as an individual, or you can involve your community by organizing a fundraiser with your school, friends or family. If you wanted to, for example, specifically donate soccer balls, or educational opportunities for girls, or anything else, you can make a specific note when you donate to Refugee Strong and we will make sure your funds are used for that purpose.

When Stars Are Scattered begins roughly seven years after Omar and Hassan reached Dadaab; as best as Mohamed can recollect at that time, he is eleven and Hassan is ten, but he does not actually know when his birthday is (42). Omar and his brother are just two refugees among hundreds of thousands of other refugees, and the resettlement selection process is very slow, almost lottery-like. As such, the graphic memoir follows Omar as he pursues an education at the local school while waiting for a chance to leave Dadaab to resettle in America. Myriad medical issues arise in this memoir, including PTSD, mental illness, seizures, debilitating hunger, pregnancy, drug use, and depression, along with navigating impoverished systems of healthcare (and, far more often, lack of healthcare).

Life in the camp is hard: Omar has to look after Hassan, queue for water, queue for food. Dadaab feels like a giant waiting room, but Omar looks for hope around every corner. He plays football with his friends, entertains Hassan, and when he starts going to school, begins to reframe his future: if he can get an education, perhaps he can become a UN social worker and help other children like him.

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What life is like in a refugee camp, especially when you're stuck in one for many years. How the United Nations helps refugees by providing food and basic medical care, and how the UN often fails to provide enough for everyone. The process for applying for resettlement in other countries. Somali cultural and religious practices like storytelling and how important holidays are celebrated. The Afterward and Author's Note give more facts about refugees as well as resources and suggestions for ways to help.

Parents need to know that When Stars Are Scattered is a graphic novel about a boy's experience growing up in a refugee camp in Kenya. Omar arrived at the refugee camp with his younger brother when Omar was 4, and lived there until after he graduated from high school. No graphic violence is shown, but wartime violence is implied in men with guns and sounds of gunshots and screaming. Parental loss is also a strong theme. But Omar is a great role model for perseverance, courage, gratitude, empathy, and humility. So are the family, friends, and community members who support and care for each other even in terrible circumstances. Readers will gain a lot of empathy and compassion for people like Omar, and his story is filled with positive messages about love, faith, community, hope, hard work, and doing the best you can. There's also a lot to learn about what life is like in a refugee camp, and how people become refugees in the first place. It may inspire readers to learn about Somalia and Kenya, and how they can help refugees in their own communities and around the world.

WHEN STARS ARE SCATTERED is the story of Omar, a boy of about 11 who's been living in a refugee camp in Kenya since he was about 4. That was when soldiers came to the farm where he was born in Somalia. Omar's father was killed, and while running from the danger Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, were separated from their mother. He and his brother eventually make it to a refugee camp in Kenya where they're paired with a foster mother, Fatuma. Hassan has special needs, and Omar has promised to always take care of him. So when Omar gets a chance to go to school at long last, he's not sure if he should be away from Hassan for so many hours a day. But Hassan is capable of more than even Omar knows. Omar and Hassan spend the next 15 years growing up in the camp, always hoping to find their mother again, and endlessly waiting to be chosen for resettlement.

A flashback sequence when Omar tells how he and his brother lost their home and family, and about their long journey to the refugee camp, is scary and sad. Sadness from losing his parents is also mentioned a lot, so be prepared to help younger readers who connect to the story work through any fears that may come up. Everything has a safe resolution, and reading the Afterward and Author's Note will bring even more resolution to the story. The ending is poetic and bittersweet, so have a tissue handy.

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 tag_hash_110____________

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.

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I had the great luck to be invited to a dinner at ALA Mid-Winter 2020 in the honor of two authors, Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed. You probably know Victoria Jamieson from her book Roller Girl. It was amazing. You probably don't know the name Omar Mohamed. He doesn't have another book. He does have a story and it's an amazing story. It was a privilege to have him come and sit at our table as the evening went along and he happened to be sitting there when the wait staff delivered the meal ordered by the person who had been sitting where Omar now was perched. It was a steak dinner with all the trimmings. It looked good and I just sat there looking at him and thinking about his life and how he had lived so many days in a refugee camp when the 15 days worth of food they handed out only lasted for 10 days. Kids fainted at school because they were so weak from hunger. Now he was looking at a plate with a steak on it that just dropped down in front of him.....I wondered if he had moments when he flashed back to those other days.

Omar Mohamed's story really begins in Somalia where his father was a successful farmer. Omar's family had everything they needed. They had a good life. Then the day came when the soldiers appeared out of nowhere and killed Omar's father. Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, had to run. They had no idea where their mother was but they have hope that one day they will see her again. 17dc91bb1f