Literary Info
The setting of the story (time period and country).
What is Kenya, 90s.
Omar's best friend. His name means that he limps.
Who is Jeri?
A text that is meant to inform or explain.
What is expository writing?
Hassan can only say this one word.
What is Hooyo?
The smartest girl in Omar's first class.
Who is Maryam?
The story has this POV.
What is 1st Person Point of View?
Omar and Hassan's Foster mother.
Who is Fatuma?
Articles, instruction manuals, recipes
What are examples of expository writing?
The name of the refugee camp where Omar and Hassan live.
What is Dadaab?
Canada
Where Maryam and Nimo want to resettle for school?
The type of book this is.
What is a graphic novel?
The "bully" in the story.
Who is Tall Ali?
States facts, text features, graphic aids
What are the characteristics of expository writing?
What is a social worker?
The person who convinces Omar to return to school.
Who is Maryam?
The genre of the book.
What is a memoir?
The name of the community leader that helps Omar start school.
Who is Salan, or Tall Salan?
Charts, graphs, pictures and captions
What are graphic aids?
At the beginning of the book, we find out that Omar and Hassan have lived at Dadaab this long.
What is 7 years?
Omar describes something called the "empty days." What does this mean?
The days the refugees have run out of food.
The authors of our story.
What is Omar Mohamed and Victoria Jamieson?
Omar's nickname, which means quiet and keeps to himself.
What is Dantey?
Headings, subheadings, bulleted lists
What are text features?
Dadaab is so large, there are three separate camps. What is the name of the one where Omar and Hassan live.
What is Ifo, meaning "City of Light"?
The kids play soccer with this "ball"?
What is a plastic bag?