Anyas Ghost

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Anya could really use a friend But her new BFF isn t kidding about the Forever part.Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them Especially not a new friend who s been dead for a century.Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya s normal life might actually be worse She s embarrassed by her family, self conscious about her body, and she s pretty much given up on fitting in at school A new friend even a ghost is just what she needs.Or so she thinks Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya s Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut from author artist Vera Brosgol. Best Read [ Anyas Ghost ] author [ Vera Brosgol ] – kino-fada.fr When I was in high school, there wasn t a lot of bullying And there weren t really any cliques Or maybe there were but I was just too blissfully ignorant to notice It s not like I was especially popular It s not as if I wasn t kind of nerdy or kind of artsy or kind of freaky I mean, look at me Yep This is exactly as rad as it looks.It sjust that I never felt as if I couldn t, if I had wanted to, talk to someone and have them not snub me outright Maybe it s different in other schools When I was in high school, there wasn t a lot of bullying And there weren t really any cliques Or maybe there were but I was just too blissfully ignorant to notice It s not like I was especially popular It s not as if I wasn t kind of nerdy or kind of artsy or kind of freaky I mean, look at me Yep This is exactly as rad as it looks.It sjust that I never felt as if I couldn t, if I had wanted to, talk to someone and have them not snub me outright Maybe it s different in other schools around the country, but according to my experience in Orange County circa 1990, school based YA lit just doesn t ring true.Generally speaking, of course There are always a few works of the genre that don t play to clich Thankfully, Anya s Ghost avoids most of the usual traps of the form There are even moments when I found myself gleefully surprised at a direction in which Vera Brosgol would choose to take her story Anya s Gho...You re no saint, Anya You re just like me This story follows Anya Borzakovskaya who s an immigrant from Russia, residing in the United States, alongside her mother and brother.Anya isn t doing particularly well in school She doesn t have many friends And one day while she s feeling particularly blue about her life, she falls into a deep hole in the ground Underground she meets Emily, a 90 year old ghost.This graphic novel not only focuses on a creepy, old ghost it...4 1 2 starsIt s been a while since I ve read a real graphic novel that s not just text with illustrations So it may be partly because I ve been missing the format, but I was completely blown away by this book It made me remember everything that s possible in a graphic novel, but impossible when the story is confined to mere words Beyond that, I think that it takes an incredible amount of talent to convey so efficiently and precisely the story, characters, emotions, and just everything in the 4 1 2 starsIt s been a while since I ve read a real graphic novel that s not just text with illustrations So it may be partly because I ve been missing the format, but I was completely blown away by this book It made me remember everything that s possible in a graphic novel, but impossible when the story is confined to mere words Beyond that, I think that it takes an incredible amount of talent to convey so efficiently and precisely the story, characters, emotions, and just everything in the space of a drawing Vera Brosgol infuses every cell with so much meaning and emotion.I think that I fell in love with Anya on about page two She is a curvy, sarcastic, insecure, unmotivated, smart, snarky, dark, sweet Russian girl who wishes to be everything that...Just to touch this book is a special treat The black and white graphic photos are filled with emotion themselves.Anya is a teenage girl in High School in the United States from Russia Yeah you try fitting in The story, photos, shape of the ... This review is probably going to be shorter than others because of risk of spoilers Just take my word for it and read this book You may look normal like everyone else, but you re not Not on the inside Initial Final Page Thoughts.Aww I wish all books were graphic novels.High Points.Just the fact that this book is a YA graphic novel makes my heart soar with joy I can t get enough of them and I don t trust people who don t like them Seriously, people who don t like them what is wrong wit This review is probably going to be shorter than others because of risk of spoilers Just take my word for it and read this book You may look normal like everyone els...Like me, If you are afraid of ghosts, just the mere thought of them can make you go crazy, I ll suggest not the read the book in night This is what I did and Oh God, Don t ask me what it was like to sleep turning off the lights.If it s difficult for you to see how the characters change drastically, just in a blink of an eye, in any book, if this change troubles you, leaving you thinking how,when,why then this is the book for you.Anushka or Anya is just a normal girl we have seen in every other Like me, If you are afraid of ghosts, just the mere thought of them can make you go crazy, I ll suggest not the read the book in night This is what I did and Oh God, Don t ask me what it was like to sleep turning off the lights.If it s difficult for you to see how the characters change drastically, just in a blink of an eye, in any book, if this change troubles you, leaving you thinking how,when,why the...Anya is a typical American teenager Or she would be if only she weren t Russian, or weird, unpopular and clumsy I mean, things could definitely be worse she might ve still had an accent, be as plump as her mother, or God Forbid the resident school weirdo Good thing, she put those things behind her.And then one day she falls into a big hole and dies Eventually, at any rate In the aforementioned hole however, she meets Emily, a perfectly nice little girl if only she weren t dead St Anya is a typical American teenager Or she would be if only she weren t Russian, or weird, unpopular and clumsy I mean, things could definitely be worse she might ve still had an accent, be as p...Thank you Ritu for putting this up on our shelf An important addition It all appears glossy on the surface, the lives of others Scratch beneath and you shall find the truth.Vera Brosgol does a good work in terms of artwork The story build up is nice and easy.From falling down the pit to the empathy of the ghost to total turnaround I think you learnt a lesson or two till you reached the very end.The character outlining of Anya was pretty cool and the book kept me interested as to where it w Thank you Ritu for putting this up on our shelf An important addit...WANTED IT TO BE MORE CREEPY Full review to comeI just really started getting into graphic novels in the past year or so, and so far, Anya s Ghost is my favorite.I loved the drawings, I thought the story was super engrossing, and really easy to follow which isn t always the case with graphic novels.I thought this story was really unique and surprising I really enjoyed ...

Anyas Ghost
  • English
  • 01 June 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 221 pages
  • 1596437138
  • Vera Brosgol
  • Anyas Ghost