When Stars are Scattered

National Book Award Finalist Amazon Best Children's Book of 2020 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book TIME Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of 2020 Kirkus Best Children's Book of 2020 NYPL Best Book for Kids NPR's Book Concierge Pick Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book 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 inti