I am from Afghanistan so this book relates to my country a lot.
This is an excellent book for young people who want to know what is happening in Syria. This is a serious, thoughtful, and sympathetic book. In a thrilling readable story, it gives a real insight into their lives, and how quickly they have changed from living in an adequate city to a horrendous place to live in. This fictional Syrian family starts its struggle when they move to daara. At the beginning of the civil war when life is good, particularly for the central character Omar, a young boy already dreaming of running his own business. But as protests against the government create war, the family are forced from their house, then their country. Omar stays upbeat, even in their refugee camp where hope is in very short supply. Unlike his older brother Musa, he’s not interested in politics, he just wants things to be back the way they were. Though the book ends with Omar, his mother, and sisters escaping the refugee camp, we know that their lives have changed forever.