這部入圍美國國家圖書獎決賽的精彩圖畫小說，講述了一位前索馬利亞難民向紐伯瑞兒童文學獎獲獎作品《輪滑女孩》的創作者講述難民營成長的故事。
奧馬爾和他的弟弟哈桑一生大部分時間都在肯亞的達達布難民營度過。那裡的生活艱苦：食物匱乏，生活極其沉悶，無法獲得奧馬爾知道他那不會說話的弟弟所需要的醫療服務。因此，當奧馬爾有機會上學時，他知道這可能是一個改變他們未來的機會……但這也意味著他要每天離開他唯一的親人——弟弟。
這部圖像小說講述了一個充滿等待的童年，以及一個在最艱難的環境中營造出家的感覺的年輕人，其中充滿了心碎、希望和溫柔的幽默。這是一部親密、重要且令人難忘的難民日常生活紀錄片，由親身經歷該故事的索馬里人奧馬爾·穆罕默德向《紐約時報》暢銷書作家/藝術家維多利亞·傑米森講述。
A National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel 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 the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So when Omar has the opportunity to go to school, he knows it might be a chance to change their future . . . but it would also mean leaving his brother, the only family member he has left, every day.
Heartbreak, hope, and gentle humor exist together in this graphic novel about a childhood spent waiting, and a young man who is able to create a sense of family and home in the most difficult of settings. It's an intimate, important, unforgettable look at the day-to-day life of a refugee, as told to New York Times Bestselling author/artist Victoria Jamieson by Omar Mohamed, the Somali man who lived the story.
