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Devotees of the work of the Brothers Green--John and Hank--will be delighted by Burek Pierce's deep dive into the world of Nerdfighteria. A model of academic integrity, this book is of such compelling interest that it will find a general readership alongside an enthusiastic academic one. Nerdfighters will rejoice. --Michael Cart, YA literature expert New media have not replaced books, but they have radically transformed the way we read them. Jennifer Burek Pierce offers a deeply researched analysis of a revolution in progress. She can help you understand how the current generation engages with literature. --Jonathan Rose, author, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes Burek Pierce does a masterful job of providing the reader with a clear description of the online community of John and Hank Green's Nerdfighters. She also provides a clear and engaging picture of her own experience in that world, as a scholarly researcher and a genuine fan and observer-participant Nerdfighter herself. The text weaves these insider / outsider perspectives into a clear and very engaging portrait of the multifaceted community of Nerdfighters. --Christine Jenkins, coauthor, The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay / Lesbian / Queer Content, 1969-2004

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Jennifer Burek Pierce is associate professor of library and information science at the University of Iowa. She is author of What Adolescents Ought to Know: Sexual Health Texts in Early Twentieth-century America. She lives and writes in the Midwest.

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