Bibliograph

Lost child of chernobyl, a graphic novel, by Helen Bate

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Lost child of chernobyl, a graphic novel, by Helen Bate

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

8-11 years old

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lost child of chernobyl

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Responsibility statement

by Helen Bate

Sub title

a graphic novel

Summary

One April night, people living near Chernobyl see a bright light in the sky...Everyone is told to move out of the forbidden zone around the destroyed nuclear reactor, but two stubborn old ladies, Anna and Klara, refuse to leave. Nine years later, the forest wolves bring a ragged child to their door - a child who has been living with wolves in the forbidden zone. Who is the lost child of Chernobyl and will Anna and Klara be able to find the child's family after all this time? Inspired by the real events of the global environmental disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, this haunting and deeply relevant graphic novel is about the place of humans in the natural world, about healing, survival and the meaning of home

Target audience

juvenile

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