***A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*** *** Shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year:
Older Non Fiction The Week Junior Book Awards*** Featured on This Morning Steph's Packed Lunch
Radio 4: Today and Channel 4 News _______________ 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. Until you've been there you don't know what war is. This is
the gripping 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 was forced to seek shelter
in a damp cramped basement that Yeva decided to write down her story. And it is a story 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 and travels from Kharkiv to Dublin. Each
eye-opening diary entry is supplemented by personal photographs excerpts of messages between
Yeva and her friends and 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. 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. Published in
association with UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo.
_______________ 'Everyone absolutely everyone should read it. You will love Yeva' Christy
Lefteri No.1 international bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo 'Yeva speaks a truth
all of us must listen to' Michael Morpurgo award-winning author of War Horse 'Exhilarating
shattering heartbreaking brilliant' Roddy Doyle Booker Prize-winning author 'The most
important story of our times' Viv Groskop podcaster and writer 'A herstory of Ukraine' Olia
Hercules Ukrainian chef and food writer
