A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shortlisted for the Childrens Book of the Year Older Non Fiction The Week Junior Book AwardsFeatured on This Morning Stephs Packed Lunch Radio 4 Today and Channel 4 NewsEveryone 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 youve been there you dont 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 12yearold Yevas 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 nations heart when she was featured on Channel 4 News with her granny as they fled Ukraine for Dublin. In You Dont Know What War Is Yeva records what is happening hourbyhour as she seeks safety and travels from Kharkiv to Dublin. Each eyeopening 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 Kharkivnative Olga Shtonda help the reader track Yeva and her grannys journey. You Dont 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 AleppoYeva speaks a truth all of us must listen to Michael Morpurgo awardwinning author of War HorseExhilarating shattering heartbreaking brilliant Roddy Doyle Booker Prizewi