Omar Mohamed

En finalist till National Book Award – denna enastående grafiska roman handlar om att växa upp i ett flyktingläger, berättad av en före detta somalisk flykting för den Newbery Honor-belönade skaparen av Roller Girl. Omar och hans yngre bror Hassan har tillbringat större delen av sina liv i Dadaab, ett flyktingläger i Kenya. Livet där är svårt: det finns aldrig tillräckligt med mat, dagarna är plågsamt enformiga och tillgången till den sjukvård som Omar vet att hans icke-verbala bror behöver är obefintlig. När Omar får möjlighet att gå i skolan förstår han att det kan vara en chans att förändra deras framtid men det skulle också innebära att han varje dag lämnar sin bror, den enda familjemedlem han har kvar. Hjärtesorg, hopp och stillsam humor existerar sida vid sida i denna grafiska roman om en barndom präglad av väntan, och om en ung man som lyckas skapa en känsla av familj och hem under de svåraste av omständigheter. Det är en nära, viktig och oförglömlig skildring av en flyktings vardag, återberättad för New York Times bästsäljande författare och illustratör Victoria Jamieson av Omar Mohamed – den somaliske man som själv levde berättelsen.

Varmt og rørende fra virkeligheten. Omar og lillebroren Hassan er foreldreløse barn i Dadaab, en enorm flyktningleir i Kenya. Da Omar en dag får tilbud om å gå på skole, kan det være en mulighet for en ny framtid. Med humor, varme og engasjement viser boka hvordan det er å leve et sted der alt man kan gjøre, er å vente.

Foreldreløse Omar og lillebroren Hassan har levd mesteparten av livet i Dadaab, en stor flyktningleir i Kenya. Livet her er tøft: Det er sjelden nok mat, og de får ikke legehjelpen Hassan trenger. Når Omar får mulighet til å begynne på skolen, kan det være sjansen som kan endre livet deres. Men det betyr også at han vil måtte gå fra lillebroren hver eneste dag ... Stjerner i mørke er basert på somalisk-amerikanske Omar Mohameds egen livshistorie, varmt og levende tegnet av den renommerte serieskaperen Victoria Jamieson. Det er en historie om å forme sin egen framtid, og om å finne styrke i de man har rundt seg for å holde håpet levende.

A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings.Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger. Life in the camp isn't always easy. The hunger is constant . . . but there's football to look forward to, and now there's a chance Omar will get to go to school . . .With a heart-wrenching fairytale ending, this incredible true story is brought to life by Victoria's stunning illustrations. This book perfectly depicts life in a refugee camp for 8-12 year olds.'Does everything one can ask of a book, and then some.' Kirkus'Fantastic graphic novel.' The New York Times Book Review'Sensitive and poignant.' School Library Journal'Not to be missed.' Booklist

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 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. 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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