You Don't Know What War Is? - The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine

Everyone knows the word "war". But very few understand what it truly means . when you find you have to face it, you feel totally lost, walled in by fright and despair. All of your plans are suddenly interrupted . Until you''ve been there, you don''t know what war is. This is the gripping, urgent and moving diary of young Ukrainian refugee Yeva Skalietska. It follows twelve days in Ukraine that changed 12-year-old Yeva''s life forever. She was woken in the early hours to the terrifying sounds of shelling. Russia had invaded Ukraine, and her beloved Kharkiv home was no longer the safe haven it should have been. It was while she and her Granny were forced to seek shelter in a damp, cramped basement that Yeva decided to write down her story. And it is a story that the world needs to hear.Yeva captured the nation''s heart when she was featured on Channel 4 News with her granny as they fled Ukraine for Dublin. In You Don''t Know What War Is , Yeva records what is happening hour-by-hour as she seeks safety, follows her friends'' updates on social media and travels from Kharkiv to Dublin. Each eye-opening diary entry is supplemented with daily headlines from around the world, while three beautifully detailed maps (by Kharkiv-native Olga Shtonda) help the reader track Yeva and her granny''s journey through Europe. You Don''t Know What War Is is a powerful insight into what conflict is like through the eyes of a child and an essential read for adults and older children alike.>

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Yeva speaks a truth that all of us, young and old, must listen to. Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse

Product details

• Authors: Yeva Skalietska
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 11 to 90
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.10.2022
• EAN: 9781526659934
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-5993-4
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Ukraine, Biography & True Stories, True stories (Children's / Teenage), Diaries, letters and journals, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Interest age: from c 11 years, Refugees and political asylum, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues