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Nerd Camp

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By Elissa Brent Weissman
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Nerd Camp
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Pack your sleeping bag, grab your calculator, and celebrate geekdom with this humorous and empowering middle grade novel by the acclaimed author of Standing for Socks. Nerd Camp, here we come! Tenyearold Gabe has just been accepted to the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment. That means hell be spending six weeks at sleepaway camp, writing poetry and perfecting logic proofs. S.C.G.E. has been a summer home to some legendary middleschool smartypants (and future Jeopardy! contestants), but it has a reputation for being, well, a Nerd Camp. S.C.G.E Smart Camp for Geeks and Eggheads. But is Gabe really a geek? Hes never thought about it muchbut that was before he met Zack, his hip, LAcool, soontobe stepbrother. Gabe worries that Zack will see him only as a nerd, until a wild summer at campcomplete with a midnight canoe ride to Dead Mans Islandhelps Gabe realize that he and Zack have the foundations for a real friendship. This clever, fun read from Elissa Brent Weissman is full of great minor characters (like a bunkmate who solves math problems in his sleep) and silly subplots (like the geekiest lice outbreak ever). Adjust your headgear, pack your camp bag, and get ready to geek out!

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42579 words42,579 words
272 pages272 pages
Lexile 810LLexile 810L
Grade 3 to 9Grade 3 to 9
Age 8-14Age 8-14
Published 2011Published 2011

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