Who Owns the Clouds?
By: Mario Brassard, Gérard DeBoid (translator)
Genre: Graphic Novel
Number of Pages: 100
Published: January 10, 2023 (1st Published May 1, 2021)
Dates Read: April 14, 2023
Format: Hardcover

Even though it’s been years and Mila is no longer a child, she still holds memories of a childhood torn apart by war. But even with those memories, Mila has a hard time distinguishing between what was a dream versus reality – especially the lines that her and her family stood in – and the clouds…

What a beautifully drawn, heart wrenching graphic novel originally in French, now in English.

There’s not a lot of text in this – it’s almost like a picture book, but with spooky, thought-provoking art about a childhood in war. But then, you’ve got text like this:

“Maybe memories are like clouds. Some, lighters, float high above; others are darker, weighing heavily on our shoulders for a long time, until the day we’re finally ready to let them fly”

Beautiful and highly recommended.

*Thank you Tundra Books and LibraryThing for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review