The War at Ellsmere

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For instance, we hear that Jun's father died when she was young, and she clearly has a lot of pent-up emotions about that, but other than a look of longing at a picture and a brief conversation with her roommate, we don't hear much about how her father's death had affected her.

She already knows she isn't going to fit in when she sees her incredibly fancy dorm room and thinks, "Apparently I'm going to school in a Disneyland postcard. For the veterans among your Ellsmere ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.Don't miss Faith's other YA graphic novels: Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy, Friends With Boys, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (with Prudence Shen) and Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell). The beginning didn’t have me routing for either main character much but as you got to know them a bit better that changed. year old Juniper has just received a scholarship to the prestigious private school, Ellsmere Academy.

Firstly she is mostly self-confident that through her academic ability she should be at Ellsmere and secondly she has found a good friend in Cassie. Between finishing The War at Ellsmere and beginning this review, I also read Raina Telgameier's Smile and a couple volumes of Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story. I personally would have ended it differently and I really wanted Juniper to triumph over Emily (she does to some degree but not as much as I would have liked) but hey ho; it's only a minor thing. But living at Ellsmere is far from ideal: She is labeled a “special project,” Ellsmere’s queen bee is out to destroy her, and it’s rumored that a mythical beast roams the forest next to the school.It’s a great addition to any intermediate and high school graphic novel collection (but also suitable for keen Year 5/6 readers). The characters are done so well, the evil snob, the sweet friend and Juniper, the tough scholarship girl out to prove herself. From body language and facial expressions to colors and shading, her art style conveys so much information and feeling.