Word Nerd Twelve year old Ambrose is a glass half full kind of guy A self described friendless nerd he moves from place to place every couple of years with his overprotective mother Irene When some bullies at

Twelve year old Ambrose is a glass half full kind of guy A self described friendless nerd, he moves from place to place every couple of years with his overprotective mother, Irene When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich even though they know he has a deathly allergy Ambrose is philosophical Irene, however, is notTwelve year old Ambrose is a glass half full kind of guy A self described friendless nerd, he moves from place to place every couple of years with his overprotective mother, Irene When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich even though they know he has a deathly allergy Ambrose is philosophical Irene, however, is not and decides that Ambrose will be home schooled.Alone in the evenings when Irene goes to work, Ambrose pesters Cosmo, the twenty five year old son of the Greek landlords who live upstairs Cosmo has just been released from jail for breaking and entering to support a drug habit Quite by accident, Ambrose discovers that they share a love of Scrabble and coerces Cosmo into taking him to the West Side Scrabble Club, where Cosmo falls for Amanda, the club director Posing as Ambrose s Big Brother to impress her, Cosmo is motivated to take Ambrose to the weekly meetings and to give him lessons in self defense Cosmo, Amanda, and Ambrose soon form an unlikely alliance and, for the first time in his life, Ambrose blossoms The characters at the Scrabble Club come to embrace Ambrose for who he is and for their shared love of words There s only one problem Irene has no idea what Ambrose is up to.In this brilliantly observed novel, author Susin Nielsen transports the reader to the world of competitive Scrabble as seen from the honest yet funny viewpoint of a boy who s searching for acceptance and for a place to call home.
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Susin got her start feeding cast and crew on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High They hated her food, but they saw a spark in her writing Nielsen went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit TV show Since then, Nielsen has written for over 20 Canadian TV series Her first young adult novel, Word Nerd, was published in 2008 to critical acclaim It won multiple Young Readers Choice Awards, as did her second novel, Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom Her third novel, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen, was published in August 2012 It went on to win the Governor General s Literary Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, the Canadian Library Association s Children s Book of the Year Award, and a number of Young Readers Choice Awards Author Wally Lamb named it his top YA pick for 2012 in his First Annual Wally Awards, and recently Rolling Stone magazine put it at 27 in their list of Top 40 Best YA Novels Her books have been translated into multiple languages Susin s new novel, We Are All Made of Molecules, will be published in Canada, the US and the UK in Spring of 2015 She lives in Vancouver with her family and two naughty cats She is delighted to have finally figure out how to claim her author profile on