For Vera, she has classmates who she wants to be friends with. There are lots of people who can be your friend. LESSONS YOU LEARN ABOUT MAKING FRIENDS IN BE PREPARED However, camp is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

When she finds out there’s a Russian summer camp, Vera jumps on the chance to finally make friends with people who are like her. She doesn’t want to be the weird Russian girl who can’t afford luxuries that the other girls at her school can afford. In Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in. We just wanted to fit in-no matter what needed to be done. We’ve been that kid who had trouble making friends because they were different-racially, culturally, financially.

If you want to make friends, you gotta be willing to sacrifice yourself and prepare yourself. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.įirst sentence: “The Prince is holding a ball!!” I received this book for free from First Second (Macmillan) for review consideration. And nothing could prepare her for all the “cool girl” drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares! Vera is sure she’s found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. Vera’s single mother can’t afford that sort of luxury, but there’s one summer camp in her price range-Russian summer camp. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. All Vera wants to do is fit in-but that’s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs.

Be prepared vera brosgol