Anya’s Ghost (2011) by Vera Brosgol. I got this recommendation from some awesome Tumblr folks (hello thelifeguardlibrarian & libraryjournal) and finally got my hands on a copy. In a word… loved-it.  The book opens with Anya and her typical immigrant teenage problems: her mom is trying to get Anya to eat her Russian cooking for breakfast (too fatty) and her supposed friend is teasing her about getting together with the only other Russian immigrant kid in their high school (too nerdy). When Anya sees the guy she actually likes making out with some other girl, she’s had enough, ditches school and heads off into the woods. She’s got so much on her mind that as she’s walking along she falls right into an old unused well, landing by an old skeleton and meeting a ghost… The rest, they say, makes for a damn good read.  This is Vera Brosgol’s first book. Here’s hoping there’s a lot more to come. Both the artwork and the writing are top notch. I would be shocked if you were able to put the book down for a second after you cracked it open.  There’s some smoking and kissing in the book, but I let my 8 year old read it and she keeps asking me to borrow it again and again. Whether you’re a middle-aged lady (like me) or a fresh young reader (like my daughter), the story is irresistible. p.s. You can find Brosgol’s work on Tumblr too.   (Image Source: MacMillan)
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Anya’s Ghost (2011) by Vera Brosgol.

I got this recommendation from some awesome Tumblr folks (hello thelifeguardlibrarian & libraryjournal) and finally got my hands on a copy. In a word… loved-it. 

The book opens with Anya and her typical immigrant teenage problems: her mom is trying to get Anya to eat her Russian cooking for breakfast (too fatty) and her supposed friend is teasing her about getting together with the only other Russian immigrant kid in their high school (too nerdy). When Anya sees the guy she actually likes making out with some other girl, she’s had enough, ditches school and heads off into the woods. She’s got so much on her mind that as she’s walking along she falls right into an old unused well, landing by an old skeleton and meeting a ghost… The rest, they say, makes for a damn good read. 

This is Vera Brosgol’s first book. Here’s hoping there’s a lot more to come. Both the artwork and the writing are top notch. I would be shocked if you were able to put the book down for a second after you cracked it open. 

There’s some smoking and kissing in the book, but I let my 8 year old read it and she keeps asking me to borrow it again and again. Whether you’re a middle-aged lady (like me) or a fresh young reader (like my daughter), the story is irresistible.

p.s. You can find Brosgol’s work on Tumblr too.  

(Image Source: MacMillan)

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