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The War at Ellsmere

The War at Ellsmere

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But they are friends, however unlikely–until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders and the cheerleaders retaliate by making Charlie their figurehead in the ugliest class election campaign the school has ever seen.

I never went to an all-girls school but I can only imagine the sea of bitchiness that such establishments harbour (a mixed school is bad enough for bullying) but to single Juniper out because of her economic background is disgusting. They never do quite escape their destiny—a fate commanded by demographic—but it's an admirable attempt and I was happy to be there for it. While this may be quite enjoyable for younger audiences, I think it didn't effectively left important points it wanted to convey. When studious teenager Juniper wins a scholarship to the prestigious Ellsmere Academy, she expects to find a scholastic utopia. The story follows thirteen-year-old Juniper (Jun), who has won a scholarship to Ellsmere, a prestigious girls boarding school.Shelli Paroline has done a stellar job of colouring the book too (especially when you consider how many school skirts she’s had to colour! The friendship between Juniper and her roommate, Cassie was really sweet and I love how they stood up for one another. Faith’s style is so distinctive (it’s changed quite a lot over the years, looking back at the original comic).

It's pretty predictable and has the cool girl/poor girl troupe I wouldn't have expected Hicks to play into. Told over the course of twelve chapters (or months) we experience the ups and downs of Juniper’s year at Ellsmere.Jun is wonderful - a headstrong, clever and fiercely independent hero (think Daria but more vulnerable) - as is her roommate, the mousy Cassie (who reminded me a lot of Daisy from Giant Days), who develops over the course of the book from a meek and shy lonely girl into someone more confident and forceful. However, I do think that this projected a rather plain and typical representation of the tropes in this book. 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. The story is instantly familiar: a scholarship student at a ritzy school runs up against a snotty mean girl.

Books in the demographic are devoured and forgotten with an ease that must wound all but the most circumspect authors.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. The War at Ellsmere is on the American Library Association’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens short list! It is quite familiar, Juniper and her roommate are both outsiders and bond, you have the mean girl and her henchmen, so bullying is a big part of the plot.

From body language and facial expressions to colors and shading, her art style conveys so much information and feeling. For the veterans among your Ellsmere ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. Of course, roommate-turned-bestie is really good at art and is really bad at everything else but TURNS OUT she has a hidden talent for tree-writing that's way too deep and her tragic family life is revealed! They never do quite escape their destiny—a fate commanded by demographic—but it’s an admirable attempt and I was happy to be there for it. Therefore the ending is very open, I like to imagine it all went happily ever after and everyone worked out there issues.This graphic novels melds a lot of great elements: there's the "misfit at boarding school" story, the developing friendship between Cassie and Jun, the rivalry between Emily and Jun, and the weird hints of magic on the school grounds. It's a super quick read, so unless it turns into a series, I'm not sure it'd be worth anyone's time. A very warm welcome from Paula and Steve, once again, the room was fabulous (we stayed in Daisy), beautiful bedding, soft, fluffy towels, and a shower cubicle straight out of the star ship Enterprise :).



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