Overview
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?
Full Product Details
Author: Julie Halpern
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Imprint: Square Fish
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.20cm
Weight: 0.247kg
ISBN: 9780312653071
ISBN 10: 0312653077
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 12 April 2011
Recommended Age: From 12 to 99 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
“The relationships and dialogue ring true; readers navigating the stratified social structures of high school will relish an ending that celebrates true friendship.”— Publishers Weekly , Starred Review “Readers will both identify with and like Jessie and will cheer her conversion from meek to outspoken.”— Kirkus Reviews  “Reinvention is rarely so delightfully nerdy.”— Booklist  “This novel is particularly strong in showing how teen friendships evolve and sometimes die away, and how adolescents redefine themselves.”— School Library Journal  “Witty.”— The Horn Book
The relationships and dialogue ring true; readers navigating the stratified social structures of high school will relish an ending that celebrates true friendship. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Readers will both identify with and like Jessie and will cheer her conversion from meek to outspoken. Kirkus Reviews Reinvention is rarely so delightfully nerdy. Booklist This novel is particularly strong in showing how teen friendships evolve and sometimes die away, and how adolescents redefine themselves. School Library Journal Witty Horn Book Review . . . funny, easygoing prose . . . an appealingly comic cousin of Carolyn Mackler's The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Kirkus on Get Well Soon I completely fell in love with Anna Bloom's voice--it's wry, romantic, and so, so true. Gabrielle Zevin, author of Elsewhere on Get Well Soon Engaging . . . real . . . refreshing, and natural, and the descriptions of the situations are hilarious! TeenReads.com on Get Well Soon This book is hilarious, refreshing, honest and AWESOME! Elise, age 14 on Get Well Soon Witty, sarcastic, and drop-dead hilarious . . . this book made me laugh the most out of any book I have EVER read. Jason, age 14 on Get Well Soon
Author Information
Julie Halpern lives with her husband, author and illustrator Matthew Cordell, their daughter, and their jumbo-sized Siamese cat in suburban Chicago. By day Julie works as a middle-school librarian. She enjoys spending her afternoons in one inch of water with her daughter and her evenings with her husband watching Bravo reality shows. You can visit her on the Web at www.juliehalpern.com.
