Recommended index: 8 pieces ⭐
The 268-page autobiographical picture book, recommended for children or some beginners in English, while readers who read it in English with an African accent may not be used to it at first, but this is not more helpful for our listening ability.
There is no concept of Somalia, Kenya or refugees in these countries, and such a warm little book allows us to see the people there, the life there. English is good to read with Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, a book about life in South Africa.
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Listening to the name who stars are scattered, you will feel that it is a romance story about young boys and girls, and after reading it, you will find out what a warm and hopeful book it is.
The author, Omar, a Somali refugee, fled alone at the age of four with his brother Hassan, who could not speak, to the Dadaab Refugee camp in Kenya for 15 years. The author carefully describes the life in the refugee camp in these 15 years in very plain language, but the life of these 15 years is actually very tedious and desperate. Every day is a wait. This kind of boring heartache. Wait a long time for a bucket of clean water, wait for fifteen days to wait for a bag of flour, a bag of tea and a bag of salt; wait for the results of the exam, wait for dark, wait for dawn, wait for immigration application.
The whole book is full of truth and goodness. Even if the objective environment is so harsh. There is affection and love from strangers that transcend blood ties, there is jealousy and selfishness that transcend human nature from the kindness, companionship and sincerity of friends, and there is kindness from international volunteers who have no interests. The author finally fulfilled his childhood wish to become a social worker and help refugees. The author really did just like a star at the end of the book, shine your light, shine your story.