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Enjoy these books that feature geeks, nerds and dorks. Whether you are a music geek, a computer geek, a crafty geek or any other kind of geek, there is a book for you!

	Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Holly Black A collection of twenty-nine short stories about geeks.
	The Mitochondrial Curiosities of Marcels 1-19 by Jocelyn Brown Crafty Dree not only copes with high school but her dad’s heart attack in this inventive book complete with instructions on how to make your own Renegade crafts.
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steve Chbosky Most people think fifteen-year-old Charlie is a freak. The only friend he had killed himself, forcing him to face high school alone. But then seniors Patrick and his beautiful stepsister, Sam, take Charlie under their wings and introduce him to their eclectic, open-minded, hard-partying friends. It is from these older kids that Charlie learns to live and love, until a repressed secret from his past threatens to destroy his new found happiness.
	Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan High school student Nick O’Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.
	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
	Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
	Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern When high school sophomore Jessie’s long-term best friend transforms herself into a punk and goes after Jessie’s would-be boyfriend, Jessie decides to visit “the wild nerd yonder” and seek true friends among classmates who play Dungeons and Dragons.
	Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley After dying, high school senior Charlotte Usher is as invisible to nearly everyone as she always felt, but despite what she learns in a sort of alternative high school for dead teens, she clings to life while seeking a way to go to the Fall Ball with the boy of her dreams.
	An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
	Miracle Wimp by Erik Kraft Presents episodes from the high school life of Tom Mayo, a wisecracking misfit, who is trying to navigate his way through Wood Shop, dating, driving, and class tormentors.
	The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry LygaA fifteen-year-old “geek” who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra, Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself.
	The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
	Angel by Cliff McNish An unlikely friendship develops between fourteen-year-olds Stephanie, an angel-obsessed social outcast, and Freya, a popular student whose visions of angels sent her to a mental institution and who is now seeing a dark angel at every turn.
	Geek Charming by Robin Palmer Rich, spoiled, and popular high school senior Dylan is coerced into doing a documentary film with Josh, one of the school’s geeks, who leads her to realize that the world does not revolve around her.
	The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an “invisible-ish” boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
	Hacking Harvard by Robin Wasserman When three brilliant nerds–Max Kim, Eric Roth, and Isaac “The Professor” Schwarzbaum–bet $20,000 that they can get anyone into Harvard, they take on the Ivy League in their quest for popularity, money, and the love of a beauty queen valedictorian.
	Food, Girls and Other Things I Can’t Have by Allen Zadoff Fifteen-year-old Andrew Zansky, the second fattest student at his high school, joins the varsity football team to get the attention of a new girl on whom he has a crush.
	Sweethearts by Sarah Zarr After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron’s unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.
	How Not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler Seventeen-year-old Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of leaving friends behind every time her hippie parents decide to move, but her plan to be unpopular at her new Austin, Texas, school backfires when other students join her on the path to “supreme dorkdom.”