Vera Brosgol’s graphic novel Be Prepared is based on her experiences as a child at summer camp. Vera, a young Russian immigrant in New York, doesn’t quite fit in with the other girls at her school. Every summer, her friends go off to summer camp, so Vera jumps at the chance to attend a camp for Russian diaspora. She longs to have the camp experience and to fit in with other children. However, camp isn’t exactly what she was hoping for. Vera’s feelings of loneliness and isolation and her longing for acceptance is a universal human experience than any reader can relate to.
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