Be Prepared -- Vera Brosgol, Paperback

Beautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can't stand it." --Raina Telgemeier, author of Smile

In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in--but that's not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera's single mother can't afford that sort of luxury, but there's one summer camp in her price range--Russian summer camp.

Vera is sure she's found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the cool girl drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares

Author: Vera Brosgol
Publisher: First Second
Published: 04/24/2018
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781626724457
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 195472 / Be Prepared


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 35
Publishers Weekly 04/16/2018
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2018 pg. 85
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2018
School Library Journal 05/01/2018 pg. 125
Shelf Awareness 04/27/2018
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2018 pg. 126
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author
Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. Her first graphic novel Anya's Ghost was published in 2011 by First Second and won Eisner, Cybils, and Harvey awards. Her picture book Leave Me Alone! was a 2017 Caldecott Honor book. She was a storyboard artist at Laika for ten years, working on animated films including Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. She lives in Portland, Oregon, and actually really likes camping now.