Age: Middle School-High School
Tough Issues: Death, natural disaster

With an objective narrative, Brown manages to capture Hurricane Katrina's layers of tragedy in such a short graphic novel. This would make an excellent companion in all history classrooms because Brown is unafraid to document the failure of the mayor, the president, and the local police while uplifting the true heroes of this natural disaster: the coast guard, the national guard, boat-owning citizens, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

In its earnest depiction of the horrors of the hurricane and its aftermath, Brown depicts several bodies floating in the water, desperate and hopeless faces, looting, and cowardice from the people sworn to protect the population. This honesty is a bit shocking as it pulls the sheet of time off a moment in history that has the potential to be forgotten.