How Do You Spell Geek? - Hardcover

Peters, Julie Anne

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ISBN 10: 0316702668 ISBN 13: 9780316702669

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1996

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Kimberly and Ann are not thrilled with Lurlene, the geeky new girl at school, but their opinions quickly change when they realize she is an equally good speller and find themselves competing together at the National Spelling Bee.

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The trials and tribulations of starting at a new school, of being a middle-school teenager, and of being in competition with a best friend are all dealt with in a down-to-earth manner as eighth-graders compete in a spelling contest. The story is written from the point of view of Ann Keller, who is asked by the principal to befriend a new girl, a former home-schooler who is starting public school for the first time. Narrator Julie Dretzin seems to have acquired a 13-year-old's voice for the production. She applies just the right degree of teenage-girl inflection in her speech to make the characters believable and endearing, and the dialogue whimsical and snappy. J.J.F. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-8?A clever title, snappy dialogue, and common middle-school problems make this an appealing read. Two eighth-grade best friends have been competing for years in school, county, and state spelling bees. Their dream: to compete together in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Despite eating lunch in the school cafeteria daily with their dictionaries open and quizzing each other nightly, the two haven't quite been labeled full-fledged nerds by their peers. A new girl, however, has. Ann, the narrator, is assigned to show the newcomer around. She ends up not only befriending the misfit, but also "de-geeks" her and discovers in her a potential champion speller. Of course, the thorny problem of a threesome now thickens the plot. Although Peters paints her characters in broad strokes, she manages to skirt creating stock stereotypes by introducing compassion and wit into their personalities. The thoughts and attitudes of the narrator are especially well developed. There's a proper sprinkling of current slang and references to move the story along. A breezy, satisfying read with a not-so-subtle message about fitting in, acceptance, and friendship.?Harriett Fargnoli, Great Neck Library, NY
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