{"product_id":"be-prepared-9781626724440","title":"Be Prepared","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can't stand it.\" --Raina Telgemeier, author of \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBe Prepared\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVera 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!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVera Brosgol\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. Her first graphic novel \u003ci\u003eAnya's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2011 by First Second and won Eisner, Cybils, and Harvey awards. Her picture book \u003ci\u003eLeave Me Alone! \u003c\/i\u003ewas a 2017 Caldecott Honor book. She was a storyboard artist at Laika for ten years, working on animated films including \u003ci\u003eCoraline\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKubo and the Two Strings.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Portland, Oregon, and actually really likes camping now.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"First Second","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615520198930,"sku":"9781626724440","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_03ef56dd-11fc-4d4a-8a3b-869430fd8fc8.jpg?v=1732492469","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/be-prepared-9781626724440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}