Word nerd
By: Susin Nielsen
Publisher: Tundra Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont; Plattsburgh, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780887768750
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Conformisme; Conformity; Juvenile fiction; Allergy; Single-parent families; Fiction; Scrabble (Game); Scrabble; Amitié; Allergie; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Mères et fils; Friendship; Familles monoparentales
Description: When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich, friendless nerd Ambrose, forced to be home-schooled by his overprotective mother, coerces his neighbor Cosmo into taking him to the West Side Scrabble Club, where people accept him for who he is.
Notes: Ages 9 and above.
Table of contents: title: Allergy; title: Protect; title: History; title: Ambrose; title: Exposed; title: Unhappy; title: Bonehead; title: Suprise; title: Criminal; title: Murderer; title: Empty; title: Rescue; title: Humiliate; title: Frustration; title: Visitor; title: Breasts; title: Bonding; title: Honesty; title: Narcotics; title: Avoidance; title: Miracle; title: Triumphant; title: Screwed; title: Rumble; title: Testimony; title: Rebellion; title: Runaway; title: Solution; title: Busted; title: Peace; title: The end; title: Glossary