by Faith Erin Hicks
The War at Ellsmere is not exactly a groundbreaking graphic novel. The story is instantly familiar: a scholarship student at a ritzy school runs up against a snotty mean girl. There are any number of school stories built on this same framework, and Hicks doesn't do anything spectacularly novel with ...
Faith Erin Hicks's second professional graphic novel is much better than her first. While not very original, it's a charming little boarding school story about girl friendships and girl rivalries.Juniper, aka "Jun," is a thirteen-year-old scholarship student attending Ellsmere, an elite boarding sch...
The War at Ellsmere It’s more of your typical underdog beats’em all story, though it’s nicely rendered. I guess I like Gunnerkrigg better, but I wouldn’t mind reading more about Juniper and Cassie.
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