When Stars Are Scattered Holiday Picks

When Stars Are Scattered Holiday PicksHeartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a 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

or sad—everyone has moods that can change each day

The story's shocking twists and turns

After a minutely observed account of the fall of Gondolin

The thrilling

Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor

An illustrated survey of significant inventions closes the book

this book sets the reader on a journey from small-town New Jersey and highlights the enigmatic artist’s triumphant career

in this challenging and inspiring new book

hair-raising adventure

he begins to notice suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel

Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life

The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story