The War at Ellsmere

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But after all the pressure from competitions, and a falling out with her best friend Taylor, Victoria takes a step back. Anyway, Juniper is a great character because she isn't all self-pitying and doesn't allow Emily to get one over her and ruin her time at school.

Authors aiming to interest nascent adults need drum up narrative conflicts with which these readers will be acquainted—and let's be honest, the well of experienced conflicts will run a lot deeper for grown-ups than it will for nearly any fourteen-year-old. The book is pretty much exactly what the title says, it’s Juniper’s first year at the prestigious boarding school Ellsmere Academy. She soon finds herself labeled a "special project," harried by stringent standards, and in the novel position of being someone's nemesis. Born in the wilds of British Columbia, the young Faith frolicked among the Sasquatch native to the province before moving to Ontario at age five. Books in the demographic are devoured and forgotten with an ease that must wound all but the most circumspect authors.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. 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.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. That said, the ending brings in a strange mystical element that's completely absent for the rest of the book. I’m also in the midst of writing and drawing a brand new original graphic novel which has not yet been announced, but I occasionally post artwork from it on my twitter or Instagram.However, the school doesn’t turn out to be what she expected: Her roommate might be slightly crazy, there’s a scary legend about a monster in the forest next to the school, and she’s made a mortal enemy of Ellsmere’s top student, who sets out to destroy her. With revamped art and now in full color, One Year at Ellsmere is an endearing—and surprising—middle-grade friendship story from beloved author Faith Erin Hicks! I'm not sure the revised and colored artwork really adds much, but using it as an excuse to revisit the story reminds me that I wouldn't mind seeing a new tale set at Ellsmere. She’s a villainous cardboard cut-out rather than a character we get to know, let alone understand her motivations and behaviour. After twenty years of suffering through Ontario’s obscenely hot summers, she migrated east, and now lives beside the other ocean in Halifax, Nova Scotia.