Stéphane Marchetti

teen/adult graphic fiction - fictionalized and very readable account of child/teen Afghan refugees, based on "numerous testimonies from refugee youth," originally published in French and translated into English, with beautiful monochromatic illustrations and relatively sparse text (CW/TW: violence, young children being forced into becoming soldiers/fundamentalist martyrs, oblique references to potential sexual assault).
12 y.o. Adel and his cousin Shafi are forced to grow up all too quickly when Adel's uncle and the religious fundamentalist group he belongs to threatens Adel's life, forcing him to leave Afghanistan and make the treacherous, dangerous journey towards Shafi's relatives in England.… (meer)