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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"--
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Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Named a Best of Book of the Year by The Economist and Foreign Affairs
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
The Dadaab refugee camp is many things: to the charity workers, it's a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, a "nursery for terrorists"; to the Western media, a dangerous no-go area. But to its half a million residents, it's their last resort.
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An Odyssey Honor audiobook and National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel—adapted for audio—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...
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...
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[2021]
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256 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm
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Esta incre̕ble novela gr̀fica est̀ basada en la experiencia de Omar y su hermano Hass̀n en el campo de refugiados de la ONU en Dadaab, Kenia, donde vivieron toda su infancia. A pesar de las condiciones dif̕ciles del campo, Omar descubre la maravillosa oportunidad de ir a la escuela, algo que le da a su vida una visi̤n esperanzadora del futuro. Este libro es necesario porque representa una mirada ̕ntima, importante y real a la vida cotidiana...
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2016.
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xvi, 384 pages : maps ; 22 cm
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A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dadaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher.
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