Authorities in charge of the city from the top down weren't available or around during the aftermath. Brown's illustrations depict the sadness and desperation people felt, from those at the Superdome to those trapped in their homes, to the patients in hospitals left behind and based on factual evidence.īrown also injects sad truth into the book as well. Don Brown, who wrote and illustrated this GN, tells the tragic story of not only Hurricane Katrina the natural disaster, but also the tragedies that happened to those who stayed, the heroes and the villains, and how this natural disaster was SO overlooked not only by the state, but also by the federal government. When asked what the other significant historical moment happened during their lifetimes, most had to think about it until I showed them the cover of the book.
Most students can tell you about the 9/11 tragedy because there is a memorial set up, it's been televised and Youtubed, and schools usually honor those who died every year. I picked up this graphic novel because I was intrigued not only by the cover, but by how this non-fiction GN would stack up to what happened.I wasn't disappointed.Īt this moment in time, there are two very significant historical moments high school students have lived through and will tell their grandchildren they were alive when it happened.
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