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Geekhood: Mission Improbable


Geekhood

No. of pages 352

Published: 2013

Great for age 12-18 years

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Archie is a Geek to his core and despite having a Close Encounter with Sarah at the beginning of term, hes still completely clueless about girls. Enter Clare an older woman (shes sixteen) who Archie meets on his weekend trip to see his dad and his nightmare step-mum, Jane. Clare and Archie hit it off and she comes up with a brilliant, foolproof way to get their crushes to notice them: pretend to be going out with one another! What can possibly go wrong?With school, Sarah, a fake girlfriend and his insane family to deal with, Archie and his mates step-up the nerdiness and go Live Action Role-play gaming. Ladies and gentlemen, we are entering a new era A warm, witty tale of being a teenage geek, Geekhood captures the awkwardness of being a teenager perfectly. Geekhood has won huge acclaim and deserves a place in the heart of any teenager with even slightly geeky leanings. "A deliciously tender story that wittily captures the ecstasy and agony of being a teenager." Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids. "This book makes being a geek sound pretty cool to me!" True Blood's Stephen Moyer.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Geekhood .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-15 years.

There are 352 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Little Tiger Press Group .

Andy Robb is a committed evangelical Christian, whose two children have taught him how to express his faith clearly and relevantly.

 

This book is in the following series:

Geekhood
In Geekhood, fourteen-year-old Archie is a Geek to his core. In the world of role-playing games, he's top notch, but navigating the real world is a totally different game