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Something Wiki


No. of pages 160

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Great for age 9-13 years
2016 Young Author's Award - Shortlisted
CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2015) - Commended


Instead of writing in a diary, twelve-year-old Jo Waller secretly edits Wikipedia entries to cope with the worst year of her life.

Jo Waller has three brainy friends, two mostly harmless parents, and one deep, dark secret: she edits Wikipedia for fun. But when her twenty-four-year-old brother moves back home with his pregnant girlfriend, Jo is forced to reconcile the idealized version of her absent, cool older brother with the reality of romantic relationships and the truth behind so many embarrassing health class videos.

With the young couple moving back into the family home, there's barely enough room for anyone to move, let alone have any privacy. Throw in some major friendship turbulence, a seriously unrequited crush, and a mortifyingly bad haircut, and it's looking like Jo will be lucky to make it out of the year alive. When you're a pizza-faced dork who uses Wikipedia as a diary and would rather wear ancient hand-me-downs than shop at the mall, what's the upside? Jo is about to find it in the most unlikely way.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Young Author's Award. It was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards. It also was recognised by the Dewey Diva and the Dudes.

There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Dundurn Group Ltd .

Suzanne Sutherland is the author of two previous novels, Something Wiki and When We Were Good , which was a finalist for the inaugural Speaker's Young Authors Award and selected for the American Library Association's Rainbow List. She lives in Toronto.

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards
This book was recognised in the Best Books for Kids & Teens category by the Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards.

Dewey Diva and the Dudes
This book was recognised by the Dewey Diva and the Dudes.

Young Author's Award
This book was recognised by the Young Author's Award.

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