{Review} The Summer I Became a Nerd by Leah Rae Miller

Publication date: May 7, 2013

Publisher: Entangled Teen

ISBN-13: 9781620612392

Synopsis

When we are little they tell us to be ourselves, but sometimes being who we truly are can put us in the spotlight in the wrong way, in the middle of everyone’s jokes.

That was the day I learned that being myself, my true self, was better kept hidden.  The little girl that got laughed at has learned to camouflage herself, if you look at me now you’ll see a blond cheerleader, a cheery girl with good grades and the star quarterback as her boyfriend.

Sounds kind of silly doesn’t it? It all sounded logical at first, the plan seemed simple and flawless; keeping my inner nerd as it should be indoors. Yet when Logan Scott comes into the picture, or more like in a desperate act to get to know the finally of my favorite comic I jump incognito into the towns comic book shop only to find out that Logan is the owner of the last copy.

And that was the beginning of the summer I became a nerd.

Review

Leah Rea Miller tells a wonderful story, Maddie will learn that life outside the geek closet can be wonderful and freeing.  While getting how this new world she is discovering can really mix with the one she left at school?

I liked both the main story and the sub-story that takes place on this book. I feel it gives a deeper layer, and expansion to the world Maddie and Scott live in and talks about a problem that is so involved in the daily life that we sometimes forget about it.

The finally of this book may not be a big surprise, it’s in the title, but the way the author takes us through the story and lets us meet the characters that impact Maddie’s life is what makes this an interesting trip. This story has a flavor of its own.

An element that Rea Miller added to this book and that we don’t always get to see in YA is involved parents, unlike other YA book where parents get to be minor characters if they are present at all. In “The summer I became a Nerd” you may not always read them but you know the parents are there.

Theme wise, Leah Rea Miller’s The Summer I became a nerd may sound a little unreal, she makes the parents a present figure, and her teens aren’t involved in drugs, sex or alcohol, but the author teaches us that even if the after mentioned themes are present in the life of a teen they are not always necessary to tell a story, nor do they need to be in the spotlight.

So guys, I was thinking, in honor of “The summer I became a Nerd” how about exchanging adorkable crushes or love stories? Here is my famous adorkable crush:

Duckie from Pretty in Pink

Cute, Geeky and 100% proud of who he is even if he does mess things up every now and then. And that for me makes him worthy of the title of adorkable!!! 

How about you? What is your story? Or who is your adorkable crush?

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