After the explosion in the bookosphere from the success of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, other writers have tried to appeal to girls with a similar diary style. To my mind, Geek Chic -- the Zoey Zone is a success. Geek Chic is a cute fresh take on the pre teen life of an almost 11 year old Zoey. Zoey, who has a secret frog project with her friend Venus, is counting down the days until the start of 6th Grade and sort of dreading it because she is not cool. Zoey is hoping that a fairy godmother, not that she believes in one, will rescue her but in the meantime, we join her in the typical bad hair days, funny conversations with younger siblings, school room violations and the dreaded lunch room trials of unknown meats and table placement -- do you get to sit with the cool girls or the not cool kids. (Been there), lousy hair worries, clothing miscues caused by parents forcing you to wear ugly clothing and school rules. The various illustrations, interior thoughts, different fonts and notes will appeal to anyone.Ultimately Zoey is photographed with the cool girls by UGrl magazine photographers in the school to take pictures at schools named for President. Zoey, who is a blurter, gets into the picture by saying she has cool stuff in her locker, which appears to have more stuff in it than a storage locker on cable tv. Jazz the head interviewer invites Zoey to her magazine's headquarters in New York, where Zoey imagines they are going to give her a makeover, but in fact its something completely different.Cute and easily readable. Light and fluffy book about Zoey who desperately wants to be friends with the most popular girls in the school. Unfortunately, Zoey is a bit of a nerd. She knows everything about the US presidents and her fashion sense is quirky at best. When a magaine comes for a fashion shoot, Zoey's life takes a turn for the wierd.Book is written as a collection of Zoey's thoughts, notes, pictures and script format. While this is aimed at struggling readers, the scattered nature of the narative may make this novel too challeging.
What do You think about Geek Chic: The Zoey Zone (2008)?
Good message, loved the presidential nerd knowledge, but this was a little too spazz-y for me.
—KiKi
