I'm Queer.Brosgol ( Leave Me Alone, 2016, etc.) draws on her bittersweet memories of attending Russian summer camp in this accessible graphic novel.Ĭonvinced that she will never fit in with the American girls in her class because her family is “too poor,” “too Russian,” and “too different,” 9-year-old Vera jumps at the opportunity to attend Russian summer camp in hopes of finding a peer group she can belong to. Reviewed from copy provided by First Second.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Īrchives Archives Categories Categories Tags adventures African-Americans American history animals art artists bears bedtime biographies birds bullying cats community creativity death diversity dogs emotions fairy tales families fantasy fathers food friendship friendships grandparents grief historical fiction history humor imagination LGBTQ magic mothers music mysteries nature pets poetry rabbits racism romance school science science fiction seasons self esteem siblings toddlers trees Blogroll Vera herself is a great character, with her huge glasses and limitless hope that things will improve.Ī wonderful middle grade graphic novel just right for summer. The book is done in a palette of green and black, mimicking the natural setting but also quickly moving from darkness to light. It’s a lovely package of a book, showing that being yourself is all you can do.īrosgol’s art captures the humor as well. Here she beautifully creates a story that rings with truth, about not fitting in even in the place you should fit in the best, of not finding your place, and then eventually of finding it in an unlikely place but only after you accept that you are different.
She has a wonderful twisted sense of humor in all of her work that marks it as uniquely hers. But when she discovers that the girls she has to share a tent with are five years older that she is, that there is no electricity and no running water, Vera finds herself feeling just the way she always does, not fitting in and unsure she’s going to survive.īrosgol is such a gifted book creator, moving skillfully from picture book to graphic novel. But then Vera finds the perfect summer camp, a Russian camp where the girls should be just like her! She drags her younger brother along too and just knows that this will be the best experience ever.
Just look at her disaster of a sleepover birthday party and the way that her Russian family approach scared off the other girls. But she knows that her life is very different from theirs. Vera has always wanted to go to summer camp like the other girls in her class.
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (9781626724457)īased on the author’s own childhood experiences, this graphic novel looks at the perils of summer camp.
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