Title:
Word nerd
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
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.
Year Published:
2008
Physical Description:
[248] p. ; (pbk.) 21 cm.
Age Interest level:
Ages 9 and above.
Grade Interest level:
5-8
Program Information:
Gr. 7+
Accelerated Reader 4.8 7.0
Awards:
Rocky Mountain Book Award gold medal 2010
ISBN:
9780887769900
9780887768750
Publisher:
Toronto : Tundra Books ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books of Northern New York, c2008.