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Review of One Year at Ellsmere
Originally published as The War at Ellsmere in 2008 (by SLG Publishing) and now back in print with revamped art, this graphic novel stars Juniper, the first scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school for girls.
One Year at Ellsmere
by Faith Erin Hicks; illus. by the author
Intermediate, Middle School First Second/Roaring Brook 172 pp. g
7/20 978-1-250-21909-1 $22.99
Paper ed. 978-1-250-21910-7 $14.99
Originally published as The War at Ellsmere in 2008 (by SLG Publishing) and now back in print with revamped art, this graphic novel stars Juniper, the first scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school for girls. Her friendship with her roommate and her conflicts with a rival both bring up issues of economic privilege, adding depth to a generally breezy (and generally realistic, though fantasy elements lurk in the school forest) read. Hicks’s varied panel sizes control pacing effectively, while her muted palette gives the castle-like school an archaic feel. Back matter details Hicks’s process of re-inking the book for this new edition.
From the July/August 2020 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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