(2) YA Translated by Edward Gauvin. Abirached revisits the Lebanese civil war setting of her previous graphic-novel memoir A Game for Swallows in a loosely connected series of sobering vignettes, each beginning with the phrase "I remember": her family's bullet hole–riddled car, her brother's shrapnel collection, schools used as bomb shelters. Black-and-white geometric illustrations capture both the enormous scale of the war and its personal repercussions.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014

(2) YA Translated by Edward Gauvin. Like Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis, this French import presents a girlhood under fire in the war-torn Middle East. Here the setting is 1984 Beirut. Abirached skillfully weaves flashbacks and explanatory asides into the narrative while maintaining one harrowing evening's tension. Stark, dramatic illustrations (mostly black backgrounds with white-outlined characters and features) include repeated motifs that capture elements of the culture.

Reviewer: Katie Bircher | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012