Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

9 reviews

suspiciouspinecone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

Pretty good, a lot of my problems were no longer applicable when I realised it was a true story.

Also, really good disability rep. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, War, and Ableism

Minor: Child death

shanapike's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, Death of parent, Sexism, Xenophobia, and War

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

A beautiful story of two young men and their hope for a better life, this graphic novel captures the essence of what it means to live in a refugee camp. These two young boys were torn from their parents because of the violence in Somalia and sent to a refugee camp in Kenya. After many years of hardship, they’re able to resettle in the United States. This young adult book gives us insights into how refugees experience life and life and the ways that we might focus our energies to help them have better experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Grief, Ableism, Islamophobia, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Racism, and Xenophobia

megyeager's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

This book was heartbreaking and so beautiful. The story was told so honestly and authentically. I would recommend this book to anyone of any age. This is a great book to use to introduce kids to a serious topic like refugee camps and what it means to not have a safe place to go back to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Bullying, and Death of parent

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This was an incredibly written and beautifully illustrated graphic novel. 

With such an important and relevant story to tell, the graphic novel route was a great choice. Having the visuals to go along with the text and speech throughout only gives the reader a more in-depth experience with a situation that thousands and thousands of people in the world experience.

'When Stars Are Scattered' took me on a journey with two brothers and with my emotions. It is both a powerful and educational story and I loved every single moment of this reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, War, Grief, Abandonment, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

morganperks's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Ableism, Animal death, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

laurao's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

schaarzy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Abandonment, and Sexism

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

ekmoore11's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, and Sexism