Really powerful and heart wrenching graphic novel, this is a lot shorter than I was expecting and the art just wasn't the style which I really enjoy.

We tend to think of natural disasters as isolated to certain specific places. So it was interesting to see this earthquake story from a different country, to see how recovery efforts for severe disaster are handled. Or mishandled as the case may be. I could see using this alongside an American story on the subject, to compare factual and thematic elements.

This was a really touching sort of graphic novel for me. It seemed very real and very possible, especially as I watched the news about Hurricane Dorian hitting the U.S. I'll be suggesting our local library get a copy of this as well.

This book had a great message about how sudden disasters can change people's lives. This story looks at three children and how their families are effected by a large earthquake in Italy. I really loved the story and the artwork. This is a shorter graphic novel but I still feel that the impact that it makes to the reader is tremendous. I really liked this graphic novel and I think it would be a great read for teens and young adults.

A good story about loss and recovery. I liked the ending and the poetry and metaphors of the scars and pottery. It was hard to follow some of the plot though and I wished some things were more developed.

This is an important story that needs to be told - especially with disasters happening more and more frequently across the globe. People underestimate how it will affect survivors and especially the impact on kids. This is a beautifully told story with a message of resilience and hope

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy.

It took me a while to get into this graphic novel but by the end I was invested in the story. I struggled with artwork a bit and how fuzzy the ARC copy was, and how it jumped around. But I found the story to be well-written and flew through it.

"The Red Zone" is a great graphic novel for children set in an Italian town during the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. Good art and a great story.

I think the book community could use more books about natural disasters. Kids are drawn to them. I do think that this book shows the impact earthquakes can have on a community. The illustrations did a good job capturing the emotion and accuracy of them. I did feel it hard to follow along sometimes because the story jumped from one part to the other. I look forward to reading it again in full color.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.