Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

When Stars Are Scattered by Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson

23 reviews

sarahreads2222's review against another edition

4.75

This was an incredible story. My heart was in it, especially with Hassan. It made me want to do more research and care better for refugees. (.25 taken away for the very slow pacing, although one could argue that it fit the waiting Omar and Hassan had to do) 

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Content Warnings

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

daniellekat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I love how accessible the format of this book was to tell this beautiful, incredible story. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

faranae's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Depicts a refugee's life over the course of over a decade, including chronic hunger and deep poverty. Some readers may like to know how the author's life turned out to get through the more difficult material:

He lives in the USA with his wife and 5 children. They succeeded in finding his long lost mother, who remains a refugee but in contact with them. Hassan has medical care. Maryam is a fictional character composed of stories of other girls.

rini's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Suicide

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and War

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

seawarrior's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

library_dreamer's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, and Death of parent

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a brilliant story of loss, hope and resilience. The illustration style is lovely and I learnt a lot about Dadaab refugee camp. It was interesting reading this so soon after They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. Mohamed and Takei's stories are quite different but there were similarities in their situations and in the tone of the narratives. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying

pucksandpaperbacks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

A fantastic graphic novel about Omar's life in a refugee camp in Kenya. His brother is nonverbal and is prone to seizures. I learned a lot about Omar's life and I loved the author's note at the end from Omar providing resources. Lancaster, PA is close to me and I'll be checking out those resources. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

This is such an important story, and I think it works so well in graphic novel format. Omar's story is one that too many kids can likely relate to, and it's important for others to be able to see it. I don't think there are many kid's graphic novels that cover this topic, but I'm glad that this one does!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Animal death

Moderate: Violence