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Geeky Reads for kids
Geek n.
- An unfashionable or socially inept person.
- A person with an eccentric devotion to a particular interest: "A computer geek".
We have lots of books in our Children's Library starring geeks. And quite often, they are the heros. Check one out today.
Notes from an accidental band geek by Erin Dionne
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley; illustrations by Ethen Beavers
Geek chic: the Zoey zone by Margie Palatini
How do you spell geek? by Julie Anne Peters
From geek to goddess by Cathy Hopkins
Rosie Swanson: fourth-grade geek for president by Barbara Park
Maxie, Rosie, and Earl—partners in grime by Barbara Park
Dear God, help!!! Love, Earl by Barbara Park
The homework machine by Dan Gutman
Sixth-grade glommers, norks, and me by Lisa Papademetriou
Nerd girls: the rise of the dorkasaurus by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
Word nerd by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund
Nerd camp by Elissa Brent Weissman
The loser list by written and illustrated by H. N. Kowitt