In the SUMMER I BECAME A NERD by Leah Rae Miller, seventeen
year old Madelyn Summers is pretty much your average
teenager on the outside but on the inside she's a little
geeky. Logan Scott
is the comic store worker who uncovers Madelyn's secret
about her double life and he takes her on a journey through
the world of comic conventions, live-action role-playing,
and first-person-shooter video games.
Madelyn Summer is a popular cheerleader, dating the handsome
high school quarterback and she also has a secret, she loves
comic books. Over the summer while at a comic book store her
secret is found out by a worker, enter Logan Scott who to
Madelyn is very cute and basically her type. I really liked
both of the characters of Madelyn and Logan they were very
cute and very easy to fall in love with as characters. The
character of Madelyn really reminded me a lot of myself,
when she was at a comic book store and letting her inner
nerd out, I happen to do that a lot while at book stores.
The character of Logan was super cute and would always blush
around Madelyn and really allowed her to be herself which is
always a good thing, I really liked the meaning behind this
story as well which is too always be yourself, Madelyn was
always worried about what her popular friends and boyfriend
would think if they found out she was into comic books.
Which she shouldn't have worried about too much because she
is only in high school and sometimes it's better to just be
yourself then trying to be someone you're not.
THE SUMMER I
BECAME A NERD was very light and funny and had just the
right amount of romance in it. I would recommend this book
to anyone.
On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks
like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and
dating the star quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more
time agonizing over what will happen in the next issue of
her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies with her
squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body
isn’t just unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep
it that way.
Summer is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to
play, but when she slips up and the adorkable guy behind the
local comic shop’s counter uncovers her secret, she’s
busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom, Maddie’s whisked
into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action
role-playing, and first-person-shooter video games. And she
loves it. But the more she denies who she really is, the
deeper her lies become…and the more she risks losing Logan
forever.