The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller ~Realistic/Coming of Age Genre~

Image from Heather Childs

Miller, Leah Rae. The Summer I became a Nerd. Fort Collins, Colorado: Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2013. Print.

Paperback, $9.99, ISBN-13: 978-1-62061-238-5

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Maddie, who secretly is a comic book lover, meets Logan who introduces her to all things nerdy.

Booktalk
Madelyne Summers (Maddie) is the typical blonde popular girl, but inside she is a comic book lover. Maddie ends up meeting Logan who works at the local comic book store, and he introduces her to comic conventions, LARPing, and videogames.  At first, Maddie is embarrassed by her new nerd friend and tries to hide the nerd she is becoming.  She finally realizes that she is a nerd and Logan is a better guy then her quarterback boyfriend.  See how Maddie discovers and accepts her true self in The Summer I became a Nerd.