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Geektastic

Stories from the Nerd Herd

1st pbk. ed.
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A collection of twenty-nine short stories about geeks.

Publish Date
Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
403

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Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
2010, Little, Brown
in English - 1st pbk. ed.
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Geektastic
2009, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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2009, Little, Brown and Co.
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Edition Notes

"Once You're a Jedi, You're a Jedi All the Way" by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
"One of Us" by Tracy Lynn
"Definitional Chaos" by Scott Westerfeld
"I Never" copyright by Cassandra Clare
"The King of Pelinesse" by M. T. Anderson
"The Wrath of Dawn" by Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith
"Quiz Bowl Antichrist" by David Levithan
"The Quiet Knight" by Garth Nix
"Everyone But You" by Lisa Yee
"Secret Identity" by Kelly Link
"Freak the Geek" by John Green
"The Truth About Dino Girl" by Barry Lyga
"This Is My Audition Monologue" by Sara Zarr
"The Stars at the Finish Line" by Wendy Mass
"It's Just a Jump to the Left" by Libba Bray

Interspersed with the following stories by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
"How to Tell If Your Dice Are Lucky or Unlucky"
"I Totally Shouldn't Post This, But..."
"How to Look Cool and Not Drool in Front of Your Favorite Author"
"How to Identify... the Living Dead"
"What to Remember When Going to a Convention" "Best Ways to Stay Awake for Gaming"
"What Kind of Geek Are You?"
"Top Ten Words or Phrases You Need to Know in Klingon"
"How to Cheat Like a Nerd"
"How to Cosplay with Common Household Objects"
"What Your Instrument Says About You"
"What Your Lunch Table Status Means"
"How to Hook Up at the Science Fair"
"Theater Types"

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ5 .G319 2010

Contributors

Illustrator
Hope Larson
Illustrator
Bryan Lee O'Malley

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 403 p. :
Number of pages
403

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25321870M
Internet Archive
geektasticstorie0000unse
ISBN 13
9780316008105
LCCN
2011294263

Work Description

Acclaimed authors Holly Black (Ironside)and Cecil Castellucci (Boy Proof) have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr.With illustrated interstitials from comic book artists Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley, Geektastic covers all things geeky, from Klingons and Jedi Knights to fan fiction, theater geeks, and cosplayers. Whether you're a former, current, or future geek, or if you just want to get in touch with your inner geek, Geektastic will help you get your geek on!

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