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therainbowshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Vera shares about her summer camp in a style that flows as smoothly as fiction. She opens up about feeling Other because of her Russian family and customs, and because her family was low-income and couldn't do things quite the same way as her more wealthy friends. The sleepover scene was heartbreaking. It was fun watching her learn and grow at camp.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Xenophobia
morganperks's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, and Toxic friendship
ehmannky's review
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
What a delightful, funny, kind of sad, and excellent graphic novel. This book is a mishmash of Brosgol's two summers at summer camp, with her picking out the highlights and pushing them into one streamlined narrative. Brosgol deals with the struggles of growing up as an immigrant and being the odd one out, even in her own community. It's also just hilarious to see little Vera deal with being at a summer camp where the stakes are so low and yet so high.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying and Xenophobia
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