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  • Cuando Brillan Las Estrellas (Spanish Edition)

Cuando Brillan Las Estrellas
(Spanish Edition)

Publication Date
January 01, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
Spanish
Format
Graphic Novel
Cuando Brillan Las Estrellas (Spanish Edition)

Description

La esperanza, la angustia y el humor amable conviven en esta novela gráfica sobre la infancia que Omar y su hermano Hassán vivieron en un campo de refugiados de la ONU en Kenia. La vida allí es dura, pues nunca hay suficiente comida y el acceso a la atención médica es limitado, además Hassán dejó de hablar cuando salieron de Somalia por la guerra. Es entonces cuando Omar tiene la oportunidad de ir a la escuela, algo que le da a su vida una visión esperanzadora del futuro.

Este libro es necesario, porque representa una mirada íntima, importante y real a la vida cotidiana de un niño refugiado. Esta obra ha recibido una ayuda a la edición del Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.

Publication date
January 01, 2021
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9788418184260
Publisher
Maeva
BISAC categories
JUV008000 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
Library of Congress categories
Childhood and youth
United States
Refugees
Kenya
Brothers
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Autobiographical comics
Refugee camps
Estados Unidos
Mohamed, Omar
Somalia
Hermanos
Novelas graaficas
Refugiados
Nianez y juventud
Victoria Jamieson
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.

Iman Geddy, the colorist for this book, is an Atlanta-based designer and illustrator who is passionate about using the graphic arts for social good. Inspired by the geometric harmony of Islamic architecture as well as the colorful equatorial landscapes of eastern Africa, she creates striking art that highlights the beauty of the world around us.