Word Nerd /
Nielsen, Susin, 1964- , author.
Word Nerd / Susin Nielsen. - First paperback edition. - Toronto : Tundra Books, 2008. - 256 pages ; 20 cm
Twelve-year-old Ambrose Bukowski and his widowed, overprotective mother move frequently. When he almost dies after he bites into a peanut that bullies put in his sandwich, just to see if he is really allergic, Irene has had enough, and she decides to homeschool him.
While she teaches at night, Ambrose discovers that he and his neighbor both love Scrabble, so, without his mother's knowledge, he talks Cosmo into taking him to a Scrabble Club. Will they move again when Ambrose's mother finds out?
Grade level: 4.8 Lexile: 800L Guided reading: Q "For ages 9 and above." t.p. verso
Red Maple Award, 2010
9780887769900
20079061001
Friendship--Fiction.
Conformity--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Single-parent families--Fiction.
Scrabble (Game)--Fiction.
Allergy--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F NIE
Word Nerd / Susin Nielsen. - First paperback edition. - Toronto : Tundra Books, 2008. - 256 pages ; 20 cm
Twelve-year-old Ambrose Bukowski and his widowed, overprotective mother move frequently. When he almost dies after he bites into a peanut that bullies put in his sandwich, just to see if he is really allergic, Irene has had enough, and she decides to homeschool him.
While she teaches at night, Ambrose discovers that he and his neighbor both love Scrabble, so, without his mother's knowledge, he talks Cosmo into taking him to a Scrabble Club. Will they move again when Ambrose's mother finds out?
Grade level: 4.8 Lexile: 800L Guided reading: Q "For ages 9 and above." t.p. verso
Red Maple Award, 2010
9780887769900
20079061001
Friendship--Fiction.
Conformity--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Single-parent families--Fiction.
Scrabble (Game)--Fiction.
Allergy--Fiction.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
FICTION / General.
F NIE