Pub. Date: September 2009
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover, 256pp
Source: Review copy
Age Range: Young Adult
ISBN-13: 9780312382520
ISBN: 0312382529
It has been a topic in many young adult novels; being the unpopular, nerdy one at school. Jessie, the main character in the book thinks she is a nerd. A real one.
Her two best friend turned into punks overnight, and her punk brother is becoming a non-punk, leaves soon for college and is dating the prom queen. Jessie's talent is sewing. She is great in sewing themed skirts (like with the theme popcorn: popcorn boxes, kernes and the word POP!)and her hobby is listening to audiobooks (the author really makes this a great point with describing the books Jessie is listening too).
And then, the even bigger nerd in her class, Dottie, asks her to sew some costumes for her Dungeons and Dragons group, and if Jessie wants to try if she likes to play along with Dungeons and Dragons. Jessie doubts first, but when she agrees, it leads for her to a new group of friends, even if everyone else calls them 'nerds'. She even gets a new boyfriend, Henry, one of the D&D crowd. Because of this all, Jessie discovers a whole new world, and when her brother lets her read his college essay, she discovers that she isn't a nerd to the people she thought who saw her as a nerd, but that she is more a unique, inspirational kind of person who people look up to..
Jessie is a great narrator, and the fun sparkles of the pages.
Recently I have read Get well soon by Julie Halpern, which was a more serious and edgy YA novel, but this book showed me that she can write very hilarious and fun too.
I loved every single page of this book. Fans of Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway will love this book, I'm sure, because it is the same style of fresh fun YA. What can I say more about this book.. JUST.READ.IT!
