When Stars Are Scattered: (National Book Award Finalist) -- Victoria Jamieson, Hardcover
Author: Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780525553915
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 508950 / When Stars Are Scattered
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Honor Book
Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 71
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2020 pg. 111
Booklist 03/15/2020 pg. 48
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2020 pg. 83
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2020
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2020 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
About the Author
Victoria Jamieson is the co-creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered and the creator of the graphic novels All's Faire in Middle School and Newbery Honor winner Roller Girl. She received her BFA in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and worked as a children's book designer before becoming a freelance illustrator. She has also worked as a portrait artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy, and Canada. Now she lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and son.
Omar Mohamed is co-creator of the National Book Award finalist When Stars Are Scattered, based on his childhood growing up in the Dadaab refugee camp, after his father was killed and he was separated from his mother in Somalia. He devoted everything to taking care of his younger brother, Hassan, and to pursuing his education. He now lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his wife and five children, and is the founder of Refugee Strong, a non-profit organization that empowers students living in refugee camps.
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Africa, Ages 9-12, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Dial Books, Emigration & Immigration, Grades 4-6, Grades 6-8, Graphic novels, Hardcover, Juvenile Fiction, People & Places, Social Themes, Victoria JamiesonContact form
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