Name: Be Prepared
SKU: 50188587
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Author: Vera Brosgol

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vera Brosgol

Illustrated by

Vera Brosgol

Publisher

First Second

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6x15.7x2.3 cm

Weight

0.64 kg.

ISBN13

9781626724440

Synopsis "Be Prepared "

"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!

Vera Brosgol

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Vera Brosgol is an author and illustrator born in Moscow in 1984 and has been living in the United States since she was five. Educated in classical animation at Sheridan College, she has worked in studios like Laika, participating in films such as Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings. Her first graphic novel, Anya's Ghost (2011), received the Eisner and Harvey awards in 2012, as well as the Cybils Award in 2011

Among her most notable works are Be Prepared (2018), an autobiographical graphic novel about her experience at a Russian camp, and Leave Me Alone! (2016), which earned a Caldecott Honor in 2017. Her style combines humor, sensitivity, and a meticulous aesthetic, addressing themes like identity, belonging, and adolescence.

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