Into the Wild Nerd Yonder
by:
Julie Halpern (author)
It’s Jessie’s sophomore year of high school. A self-professed “mathelete,” she isn’t sure where she belongs. Her two best friends have transformed themselves into punks and one of them is going after her longtime crush. Her beloved older brother will soon leave for college (and in the meantime...
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It’s Jessie’s sophomore year of high school. A self-professed “mathelete,” she isn’t sure where she belongs. Her two best friends have transformed themselves into punks and one of them is going after her longtime crush. Her beloved older brother will soon leave for college (and in the meantime has shaved his mohawk and started dating . . . the prom princess!) . . .Things are changing fast. Jessie needs new friends. And her quest is a hilarious tour through high-school clique-dom, with a surprising stop along the way—the Dungeons and Dragons crowd, who out-nerd everyone. Will hanging out with them make her a nerd, too? And could she really be crushing on a guy with too-short pants and too-white gym shoes? If you go into the wild nerd yonder, can you ever come back?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312382520 (0312382529)
Publish date: September 29th 2009
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
When I was a freshman in high school, my best friend and I tried out for a neighborhood softball team. She made the team and I didn't. At first, I didn't really care because I had no interest in sports (maybe why i didn't make the team) and shrugged it off. But I didn't realize it was the catalyst t...
I'm feeling lazy tonight, so this will be in the form of pros and cons.Pros: It's quite amusing I like Jessie's relationship with her family, especially Barrett It's about a girl embracing her inner nerdCons: There were points when I felt that Jessie was being blind and/or hypocritical and I couldn'...
This book is at once unremarkable and completely enjoyable. It deals with no greater subject matter than high school drama, but so wittily that it's impossible not to be charmed by the wise-cracking heroine, her supportive older brother, or her gaggle of new nerdy friends.While adults may tire of th...
No doubt the strong resemblance to myself circa high school and college is the reason why, but I loved this book. Very amusing, and believable. And when was the last time I read a book in which the siblings didn't fight all the time?
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