When Stars Are Scattered is a nonfiction young adult graphic novel written by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, illustrated by Victoria Jamieson and Iman Geddy, and published April 14, 2020, by Dial Books.
Alongside other honors, the book won the Walter Dean Myers Award for Young Readers[1] and Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Josette Frank Award.
[2] When Stars Are Scattered follows co-author Mohamed and his younger brother, Hassan, who was born in Somalia and fled to a refugee camp in Kenya when they were toddlers.
When Stars Are Scattered was generally well-received, including starred reviews from Booklist,[3] The Horn Book,[4] Kirkus Reviews,[5] Publishers Weekly,[6] and School Library Journal.
[15] Both the book and audiobook editions of When Stars Are Scattered are Junior Library Guild selections.