Angelica and the Bear Prince
(A Graphic Novel)
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $10.99
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Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Being a teenager is no fairy tale . . . but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a little magic. A high schooler’s journey to recover from burnout leads to a surprising romance with a twist from the bestselling author of The Magic Fish.
A LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, BOOKPAGE, BOOKLIST
Angelica was the girl who could do it all—until suddenly, she couldn’t. Burnout hit hard. Now, after some very low moments, she’s ready to get her life back together, thanks to her friends, and one very surprising source of comfort.
A bear.
Peri is the mascot of the local theater. He’s been sending Angelica supportive messages from his social. They’ve become friends, and Angelica might even have . . . a crush?
Determined to find the human behind the bear costume, Angelica gets an internship at the theater. She might never go back to being the girl who can do everything, but perhaps she is becoming the girl who can magically have it all.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nguyen (The Magic Fish) spins a captivating tale of romance, grief, and community in a graphic novel that draws inspiration from "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and Cyrano de Bergerac. High schooler Angelica Hoang does it all—manages the hockey team, runs cross-country, and participates in the school newspaper, choir, and "miscellaneous volunteer activities"—until a bout of intense burnout forces her to take a break. Her only solace is anonymously messaging the social media account of a local theater mascot, Per the Bear, who dresses like a prince. Happily, landing an internship at the same theater company puts Angelica in the mysterious bear prince's path. But as she navigates her new internship responsibilities, the demands of her restaurateur parents, and the beginnings of a crush, grief over her late grandmother and a former friend she lost contact with years ago begin to emerge. Nguyen employs his signature dreamy, fairy tale style to depict grandiose sequences that detail Angelica's fantasy romance with the bear prince and flashbacks from her childhood. It's a gorgeously rendered, whimsical story about a community coming together to support one another during hardships both big and small. Angelica is of Vietnamese descent. Ages 12–up.
