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Summer of the Geek, May 2010 Geek High, #3 by Piper Banks NAL Trade Featuring: Miranda Bloom; Dex McConnell 256 pages ISBN: 0451229843 EAN: 9780451229847 Paperback Add to Wish List Purchase Amazon Barnes & Noble Powell's Books Books-A-Million Indie BookShop

"An entertaining look into the life of a teenager who's smart and sassy yet insecure, like so many teens."

Summer of the Geek
Piper Banks

Reviewed by Paula Myers
Posted June 25, 2010

Young Adult Contemporary

Miranda Bloom's summer is shaping up to be one of the best ever. She's in love with her lacrosse-playing lifeguard boyfriend, Dex, and has what promises to be a cushy summer job lined up as nanny to a 10-year-old piano prodigy, Amelia. So what if Miranda's dad and stepmom seem to fight all the time; if it gets too bad she has an invitation to join her mom in England. Not that she's thinking of doing that, no way was she going to leave Dex.

All too soon, Miranda's all-too-perfect summer takes a nosedive. Amelia pretty much hates her on sight, her stepsister Hannah arranges for their parents to go into therapy, Dex's ex returns to town for the summer, her best friends are in the middle of a romantic crisis and Dex seems to be keeping a secret from her. And at the rate she's going, despite Dex and her father's best efforts, Miranda is sure she's going to flunk her driving exam. Things get really weird when her stepmom tries making a half-hearted effort to be civil. Still, Miranda meets each obstacle with optimistic determination, until Dex's friend lets slip the secret Dex has been keeping, making England look like a pretty good option for the future.

Piper Banks' SUMMER OF THE GEEK is an entertaining look into the life of teenager Miranda Bloom. Miranda is an entertaining protagonist, smart and sassy yet insecure in the way of so many teens. I loved that the author manages to avoid the teen clichés and tell an entertaining story. Miranda and the people in her life are fun, her adventures real. Teens will identify with Miranda and the dramas she encounters in her quest for the ideal summer.

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SUMMARY

The third compulsively readable book in the smart and witty series about a high school for gifted students.

Miranda Bloom has scored an adorable, lacrosse-playing boyfriend, Dex McConnell, and an awesomely easy summer job looking after a 10-year-old mini-genius, Amelia. This summer is going to be sweet...

Then reality puts the brakes on everything. Though Dex and Miranda are official, she feels like he's keeping secrets - secrets that may have to do with his fashion model ex-girlfriend. Meanwhile, Amelia is harder to figure out than advanced trigonometry. How can they bond if all she does is practice the piano? Plus Miranda's mom just invited her to live in London with her. Living across the pond would be great, but can she really leave Geek High and Dex?

Looks like Miranda has a secret of her own...

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Re: An entertaining look into the life of a teenager who's smart and sassy yet insecure, like so many teens.

This book was great and so were all the others. yet i noticed that it had many mistakes for example, in chapter twenty-four Miranda's name switched to Amelia when Amelia wasnt even in the scene at the time. I just think that the editor should have taken a closer look including grammer errors.
(Tiffany Rolle 8:35pm February 5, 2011)