Books with nerdy, geeky, or genius heroes and heroines this is a list of fiction books with heroesheroines that are nerds, geeks, geniuses, or are very smartconsidered outcasts because of their intelligence. They dont have to be revenge of the nerds nerdy, they can just be very smartgenius level and look normal. I just finished it and it is not only an entertaining story but its fun and teaches a kids a valuable lesson about how important it is to just be themselves. Both are which are sent to summer camp center that was entitled,summer for gifted enrichment. My idea of summer entertainment usually involved trying to read 100 books by labor day. Each of the players have their own strengths and weaknesses, which rolabi is able to help them understand with his bizarre magical coaching techniques. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Nerd camp book by elissa brent weissman official publisher.
This clever, fun read from elissa brent weissman is full of great minor characters like a bunkmate who solves math problems in his sleep and silly subplots like. But dont feel as if you need to have read those first, this stands alone just fine, and is even a good introduction to the previous books. I am the ceo and founder of camp nerd, this youtube channel is for the movement of the code supporters at. Nerd camp is an enjoyable story of a boy who learns to see the word nerd in a whole new way. This book is the first book in the series nerd camp. This comic book series is so far from what most people think. A group of kids spend the summer taking collegelevel courses at a nerd camp and end up redefining what it is to be cool. You probably have at least 10 books on your toberead list and know that reading a series becomes an extension of your soul. Gabes new stepbrother, zack, is moving to new york from this city.
Another look at zendayas dune character and her weapon. A week at rare book school on the campus of the university of virginia starts bright and early on a monday morning in alderman library with lots of protein and hot coffee, and a gentle reminderno, make. Regardless of the medium that the characters find themselves. These types of character tend to take on some stereotypes such as living in their moms basement and going to comic conventions, but nerds, geeks and dweebs are positively ruling the digital world which gives you a lot more room to work with. Yeah, well then consider yourself a book nerd like the rest of us. Rejoice and prepare to find it seriously difficult to return to the real world after reading this series. Gabe has plans to spend the summer with delightfully geeky friends at the summer center for gifted enrichment, but his life gets. For six glorious weeks, he was immersed in rigorous learning at the summer center for gifted enrichment, aka nerd camp. Its a fun story that young nerds and old nerds alike can relate to. Dont ditch the glasses, and keep the book where we can see it. Nerd camp is a free literacy conference that takes place each summer in parma, michigan. Books with nerdy, geeky, or genius heroes and heroines. Day 1 is much like a traditional education conference.
Robert kent, middle grade ninja sorry about that, esteemed reader. Elissa brent weissman is the author of the short seller, nerd camp, nerd camp 2. Characters from the trope black and nerdy top ten nerdy anime characters best nerdy dater characters top ten nerdy shows, sagas or movies top 10 most nerdy attributes. We have scheduled speakers to get you all fired up about teaching reading and writing in the classroom. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Scge has been a summer home of some legendary middleschool smartypants and future jeopardy. All the things gabe enjoysmath team, reading and the gifted programzack describes as weird. Zack is so cool and gabe wants to be just like him, so he only tells him that he is going away to sleep away camp. This is a great list of books teachers can use to integrate character education into their classrooms. He makes new friends, has fun, and certainly enjoys camp.
Last summer couldnt have been more amazing for gabe. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or nonmainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to topics of science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. The word nerd has changed a lot in the last few years, evolving from a derogatory term meant to skewer uncool or outoftouch individuals to a more valueneutral and. This book does a fabulous job of explaining how not only is it ok to be who you are, but to embrace it and live your own adventures.
The war between nerds and jocks is on in weissmans followup to nerd camp 2011. How would you like a xl nerd camp teeshirt sent to me straight from elissa brent weissman. Pack your sleeping bag, grab your calculator, and celebrate geekdom with this. Common wisdom dictates that, in order to make a geek sexy, all you have to do is remove their glasses and let down their hair. Welcome to nerd camp, a new book for young readers by elissa brent weissman. Except gabe the main character in nerd camp is not so sure about that he was really excited about camp up until he met his new. Nerd camp by elissa brent weissman, paperback barnes. Author interview elissa brent weissman, author of nerd camp. Would you like a signed copy of nerd camp highlighted and marked up with the ninjas notes. Nerd camp is a hilarious read and it even features a cameo from alex tribeck.
Episodic chapters combine camp scenes, letters home and a growing chart of the things gabes done he can tell zack about and the geeky details that he cant. Modern life filburt shellbach is a main and supporting character of the cartoon rockos modern life and the comic book series of the same name. Even in a smaller setting, the importance of friendship, family, and smarts shine in this short story with the characters from nerd camp, and the sequel nerd camp 2. That means hell be spending six weeks at sleepaway camp, writing poetry and perfecting logic proofs. This is a page dedicated to anythingeverything related to comic books and their characters. Here, then, is our list of the ten best characters who we think qualify as geeks, but who appear in movies aimed at and popular with the. You should read the first book if you want to get more attached to the characters.
While reading becomes second nature, finding a new book to read can feel like pulling teeth. A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted or lacking social skills. And i just love the scene where she arrives to her husbands military camp, all disheveled after several days in the desert, and. This clever, fun summer read from elissa brent weissman is full of great minor characters. Training camp is nearly 600 pages and is broken into five books, each of which shows the teams training camp from a different players perspective, rashomon stlye. Throughout the book, which is filled with fun characters and some truly geeky activities, gabe sometimes feels ashamed of his geeky bunkmates. Just look at gabe, the 10yearold main character of elissa brent weissmans new novel nerd camp. Gabe and zack have only been stepbrothers for about a year, gabe is the nerdy smart boy and zack is the cool kid and both are hoping to go to summer camp. He goes there, and makes a list about what he can tell zack and what he cant. Pollution maps of cities pre and post lockdowns are shocking. Save 25%this product is also available as a power pack containing both writing prompts and quizzes. The series includes five books, each told from a different agents perspective, and an animated. When a wildfire wreaks havoc on the woods that are the site of both brothers summer camps, the sports camp is forced to share grounds with the scholastic camp. Spend 5 days4 nights of playing tabletop games, live action roleplaying, and doing activities irl that characters do ingame.