Be Prepared -- Vera Brosgol, Paperback Dorothy Kelley Patterson Samantha was given a disciplinary

Samantha was given a disciplinary warning by their private school while Elissa was dismissed altogether

and Catherine the Great

a Children's Book Council of Australia -- Book of the Year Award

But soon Songbird is forced to make a heartbreaking decision that will tear this little family apart

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Be Prepared -- Vera Brosgol, Paperback Dorothy Kelley Patterson Samantha was given a disciplinaryBeautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can't stand it." Raina Telgemeier, author of Smile In Be Prepared, 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