Rachel Cohen has been living in Sèvres Children's Home outside of Paris for months, since her parents left her there. Recently she has found a love for photography. At this same time World War II has begun. Eventually, the war reaches Paris and Rachel must change her name to Catherine Collin and flee to save her life. On her journey she takes her camera and captures her experience. Illustrations are digitally rendered in soft colors with stylized drawings.

2021 Batchelder Honor Award, Winner of the Youth Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Winner of the Artémisia Prize for Historical Fiction, Winner of the Andersen Premio Prize.

Author is French and writes novels, short stories, and poetry.

French. Originally published in France as La guerre de Catherine by Rue de Sévres in 2017. English translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger published in the United States by HarperCollins/ Harper Alley in 2020.