Word Nerd
Author: Susin Nielsen
Word Nerd
Ambrose is the target of every mean kid in school. He doesn’t fit in, no matter where he moves. After a near fatal incident, his mother decides to home school. Lonely and bored, Ambrose befriends Cosmo, the son of his Greek landlords, who has a dark and mysterious past.
Country of origin: Canada
Year of publication: 2008
Published by: Tundra Books
Susin Nielsen reads from "Word Nerd"
Book Awards:
Winner of the 2010 Red Maple Award Winner of the 2010 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Winner of the 2010 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards
Winner of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year - Silver 2008 Juvenile Fiction
Nominated for the 2010 Golden Oak Award
Nominated for the 2009 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Shortlisted for the 2009 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award
Shortlisted for the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards
One of The Globe and Mail's "Susan Perren's Top 10 Children's Books for '08"
Shortlisted for the 2010 Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Willow Award
Other books by this author:
Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom (2010)
Hank and Fergus (2005)
Magic Beads (2007)
Mormor Moves In (2004)