Details
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Title
Word Nerd
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Author
Nielsen, Susin
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Binding
Paperback
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Edition
2nd Printing
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Condition
Used - Very Good
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Pages
264
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Tundra Books, U.S.A.
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Date
2010-05-11T00:00:01Z
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Features
Glossary, Price on Product - Canadian, Recycled Paper
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Bookseller's Inventory #
BRG-33_4_225
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ISBN
9780887769900 / 088776990X
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Weight
0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
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Dimensions
7.5 x 5.1 x 0.7 in (19.05 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm)
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Ages
09 to 12 years
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Grade levels
4 - 7
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Reading level
800
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
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Library of Congress subjects
Friendship, Scrabble (Game)
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Dewey Decimal Code
FIC
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From the publisher
Gemini Award-winner Susin Nielsen got her start feeding cast and crew muffins and bologna sandwiches on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. They hated her food (a fact that’s memorialized forever in a poem the cast wrote: “An ode to Susin, the Bran Muffin Queen, we eat them, we die, then we turn green”). Luckily for Susin, they saw a spark in a spec script she wrote. Nielsen went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit television show, and four of the books in the Degrassi book series. Since then, Nielsen, who has received two Canadian Screenwriter awards, has written and story-edited many TV series, including Ready or Not, Madison, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, Edgemont, and two animated series, What About Mimi and Braceface. She co-created the pre-school series Franny’s Feet, and is the co-creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed series Robson Arms. She also adapted author Susan Juby’s book, Alice, I Think, into a TV series. Nielsen has also published three children’s books: Hank and Fergus, winner of the Mr. Christie’s Silver Medal Award, Mormor Moves In, and The Magic Beads. She lives in Vancouver with her husband, Goran, son, Oskar, and cat, Sam.
From the Hardcover edition.
Media reviews
“This is a tender, often funny story with some really interesting characters. It will appeal to word nerds, but even more to anyone who has ever longed for acceptance or had to fight unreasonable parental restrictions.”
— Starred Review from School Library Journal
“…a beautifully drawn character…. [a] funny, wry tale, a tale that involves a lot of Scrabble (at the championship level), the reformation of an ex-con/druggie and the coming-into-himself of a boy. And there’s a bit of love, too, actually.”
— The Globe and Mail
From the Hardcover edition.
Citations
- Foreword, 04/16/2010, Page 0
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 08/01/2010, Page 0
About the author
Gemini Award-winner Susin Nielsen got her start feeding cast and crew muffins and bologna sandwiches on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. They hated her food (a fact that's memorialized forever in a poem the cast wrote: "An ode to Susin, the Bran Muffin Queen, we eat them, we die, then we turn green"). Luckily for Susin, they saw a spark in a spec script she wrote. Nielsen went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit television show, and four of the books in the Degrassi book series. Since then, Nielsen, who has received two Canadian Screenwriter awards, has written and story-edited many TV series, including Ready or Not, Madison, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, Edgemont, and two animated series, What About Mimi and Braceface. She co-created the pre-school series Franny's Feet, and is the co-creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed series Robson Arms. She also adapted author Susan Juby's book, Alice, I Think, into a TV series. Nielsen has also published three children's books: Hank and Fergus, winner of the Mr. Christie's Silver Medal Award, Mormor Moves In, and The Magic Beads. She lives in Vancouver with her husband, Goran, son, Oskar, and cat, Sam.