08/11/2026
This graphic novel actually comes with a personal recommendation from me. I read it as part of a reading challenge last year because graphic novel was a category (I don't usually read them).
It follows the story of Omar Mohamed, a Somalian refugee, as he seeks to leave the Dadaab camp in Kenya. The book provides amazing conversation opportunities to talk about the difficulties refugees face in camps and the rules about resettlement. I plan to offer this as a biographical choice in the English 101 class I'm teaching at our co-op.