Matkalla Nörttiyden Ytimeen (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Jessie’s been best friends with Bizza and Char since they were kids, but they’ve started to drift apart. Bizza and Char are now punks who are more interested in hanging out with Jessie’s brother’s cool punk band than they are in hanging out with Jessie. Meanwhile, Jessie would way rather be sewing skirts than hanging out with her brother’s band and her old best friends. After a big betrayal from Bizza, Jessie decides she needs new friends. Then Jessie starts hanging out with a group of Dungeons and Dragons players, she soon realizes that they’re actually pretty fun. And one of them, Henry, is actually pretty cute. She realizes that even though she may be a nerd, they are much better friends than the ones she used to have. the genre of this book is young adult. the format is a chapter book. the reading level of this book is high school. students could write about clubs they are involved in or how their high school experience was. the theme of this book is true friendships. i think girls would like this book more but any race and socioeconomic status would enjoy it. Halpern, J. (2009). Into the wild nerd yonder. New York, NY: Feiwel and Friends. This book was about a young girl named Jessie who was a sophomore in high school. She is struggling to find her friends and the group she wants to be associated with. Her best friends Bizza and Char start to hang out with her punk brother who is not such a good influence. They become punk themselves and start smoking. Jessie does some things to become cool with one of the guys named Van. Her actions turn out into a negative situation for her and she definitely learns from it. She begins to hang out with the Dungeons and Dragons crowd and she fears of getting the title “nerd.” I would not recommend this book to anyone especially children because I feel like it is a bad influence. Yes it may have some good stories as learning moments for high schoolers but I did not enjoy this book at all and thought the language was horrible because of curse words and the actions that took place between the characters. Genre- Realistic fictionFormat- Chapter bookReading Level- Late elementary school/ early middle schoolHow you would use the book in a classroom- I would use this book to bring up the discussion of finding who you are. Theme/topic- IdentityGender- This would be more enjoyable for females but could work for both gendersRace/ethnicity- This book would be good for all racesSocioeconomic status- This book would be enjoyable for all socioeconomic status' Brief comments- I did not enjoy this book at all but maybe someone in the same age range would. Halpern, J. (2009). Into the wild nerd yonder. New York, NY: Feiwel and Friends.
What do You think about Matkalla Nörttiyden Ytimeen (2010)?
I liked the message of this book, but found the characters flat and the writing mediocre.
—camila0215
I loved this. It had rough patches but ended really well.
—Brandy
Loved this book!!! It was funny and absolutely adorable!!
—mtwedt
