“An utterly unforgettable, achingly honest, and spectacularly crafted graphic memoir.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“In this powerful graphic novel memoir, Nayberg (A Party for Florine) recounts her struggles developing her artistic sense of self while navigating the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Nayberg’s voice creates an easy connection with history and Genya’s culture while still resonating with the familiar perspectives and priorities of contemporary 11-year- olds. So, too, the art finds a way to hold both the deceptively simplified forms of a child’s art along with a scope, accuracy of environments, and palette that offers immediacy and nuance.”
—Booklist (starred review)

“Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters is a lively coming-of-age graphic memoir set in Soviet-ruled Ukraine.”
—Foreword Reviews

“A strong and beautifully rendered addition to ­graphic memoir and nonfiction middle grade ­collections.”
—School Library Journal

“The rare and artful sort of story that finds the brilliant in the banal, the hilarious in the harrowing, and universal in the personal.”
—Daniel Nayeri, award-winning Author of Everything Sad Is Untrue

“Yevgenia Nayberg shares the charming adventure of her life during one of the most interesting periods of our world’s history with moments of humor, melancholy, and beautiful honesty. I absolutely adored this book.”
—Dan Santat, National Book Award–winning author of A First Time for Everything

“Nayberg’s younger self longs to be a professional artist. Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters makes it clear that she reached her goal—with a gorgeously illustrated graphic novel about growing up under the shadow the Chernobyl disaster, deeply empathic and bursting with humor and personality. I loved it so. Genya is an artist to be reckoned with.”
—New York Times–bestselling author-illustrator Lisa Brown

“This middle grade graphic memoir never loses sight of the kid at its heart. At once singular and universal, Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters powerfully demonstrates that there’s nothing quite like the fallout—of being eleven years old.”
—Joshua S. Levy, National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop

“Yevgenia Nayberg’s Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters focuses on one specific part of a young person’s life, yet deftly weaves in current events and family dynamics. The book is full of magic—the writing and drawing seems almost dreamlike, but anecdotes and sequences are carefully arranged to fall right into place. The color palette is muted but still somehow lively, with sketchier illustrations alongside more fully rendered art. To top it all off, the book made me laugh, especially with the constant theme of the word ‘banal.’ Bravo, Genya!”
—Malaka Gharib, journalist and Arab American Book Award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream