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Using a comics format, Brown creates a powerful history of the Syrian civil war, punctuated with the stories of many individual refugees. His illustrations have a sketchbook-like quality; faces drawn with minimal features are nonetheless expressive, lending the subjects a sort of universality. The varied panels perfectly control the pacing, thoughtfully guiding readers through difficult subject matter. Bib.
Reviewer: Julie Hakim Azzam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2018