One Year at Ellsmere

Ages 10 to 14

Juniper wins a scholarship to an elite boarding school—which turns out to be way more cutthroat than she expected.

Was boarding school supposed to be this hard?

When studious thirteen-year-old Juniper wins a scholarship to the prestigious Ellsmere Academy, she expects to find a scholastic utopia. But living at Ellsmere is far from ideal: She is labeled a “special project,” Ellsmere's queen bee is out to destroy her, and it’s rumored that a mythical beast roams the forest next to the school.

With revamped art and now in full color, One Year at Ellsmere is an endearing—and surprising—middle-grade friendship story from beloved house author Faith Erin Hicks!

About the Author

Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her graphic novels include The Nameless City trilogy, Friends with Boys, Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong (with Prudence Shen), Pumpkinheads, and the Eisner Award–winning The Adventures of Superhero Girl. faitherinhicks.com