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\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nFrench comics creator Fabien Toulm\u00e9\u2019s stupendous trilogy<\/a> concludes Hakim\u2019s epic three-year odyssey from war-torn Syria to finally reaching safety in France. Hannah Chute returns to deftly translate the third volume.<\/p>\n

To remind audiences of previous events \u2013 though reading in order is a gratifying must \u2013 Toulm\u00e9 cleverly begins with a high-school visit to talk about his first two Hakim<\/em> books. The summary he shares \u2013 again using palettes of browns and blues to denote past events \u2013 is brilliantly overlaid as panels above the blue, red, and purple spread representing his current presentation to the students. His interaction provides a clever opportunity for sharing illuminating context about refugees and migrants, French laws and processes, and an adroitly inserted study underscoring the long-term benefits to a host country that receives asylum seekers.<\/p>\n

From school, Toulm\u00e9 heads to visit Hakim to continue their interviews that will become Book 3. Toulm\u00e9 empathically, gorgeously recreates the rest of Hakim and his toddler son\u2019s harrowing journey through Macedonia, Hungary, Austria, and Switzerland, to reach France and rejoin wife Najmeh and her family. Toulm\u00e9 soberly emphasizes that beyond reunion, \u201cin \u2018real life,\u2019 [Hakim\u2019s] story didn\u2019t end when he got to Aix-en-Provence. Once the joy of reunification had passed, Hakim and his family had to face the harsh reality of integration into their new country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toulm\u00e9\u2019s meticulous epilogue proves especially, poignantly rewarding.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Graphic Novels,” Booklist<\/em>, October 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2020 (France), 2022 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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