83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary

Don Brown is the winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Sibert Honor. He is the author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels for teens and picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family.booksbybrown.comInstagram: @donsartDon Brown is the winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and the Sibert Honor. He is the author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels for teens and picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family.booksbybrown.comInstagram: @donsart

★ "An important piece of history in progress is captured here, and readers will not fail to be moved." — School Library Journal (starred review)★ "Bolstered with robust source notes, this is a flawless book about a senseless atrocity." — Booklist (starred review)★ "Brown offers up an intensely powerful graphic novel that humanizes an overwhelming tragedy. [His] masterful composition layers the emotional impact throughout, utilizing each element of the graphic novel format to function much like a documentary, chronicling the violence, terror, and bravery seen in the 83 days of intense battle." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)★ "Here’s a rare chronicle of a contemporary, ongoing war. This powerful work of graphic nonfiction concludes with source notes and a bibliography." — Horn Book (starred review)"A harrowing account of Ukrainian civilians and their defenders. Succinct, effective storytelling combined with haunting art." — Kirkus Reviews"Brown urgently captures the harsh realities of the war in Ukraine in this viscerally illustrated work." — Publishers Weekly