Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda is a graphic novel written and drawn by Jean-Philippe Stassen, published by First Second Books.

In day three of Deogratias returns to the town looking for urwagwa (banana beer) because he is turning into a dog again, but doesn't.

Because he talks to Julius about killing the Tutsis, then he begins to think of how the father and brother Philip left and the others stayed and hid.

She is very angered by the thoughts of being called a cockroach and is protective of her sister when she finds out early in the book that she is in a relationship with Deogratias.

Brother Philip - A young man who goes to Rwanda in order to try to bring religion and civility to the Rwandans.

Bosco - An officer in the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front who often supplies Deogratias with banana beer.

The various editions and translations include: Deogratias received overwhelmingly positive reviews by a number of literary publications including Publishers Weekly who wrote: "The heartbreaking power of Deogratias is how it keeps the reader distant from the atrocities by showing the trivial cruelties of everyday life before and after the genocide.

It was also nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album and Prix de la critique in 2001.

The book also made the 2007 Young Adult Library Services Association list of "Great Graphic Novel for Teens".