Be Prepared

Vera Brosgol

Apr 2018 · Sold by First Second

About this ebook

"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!

Ratings and reviews

best book ever I feel like it understands my experience at camp if I could give it 10 stars I would amazing book definitely recommend it for everyone

Bought this from a book store while camping with my girls, aged 7 and 10. We all loved reading it together. My girls have read it over and over since. Great story full of humor. Highly recommend. Hope for sequals!

A sweet, honest, heartwarming, and loveable story by a brilliant artist! I bought "Anya's Ghost" twice (digital and hardcopy) to study the art, since Vera Brosgol's work is simply delightful. This one is worth buying twice too, as it is at least as endearing, expressive, and enjoyable.

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.