BOOK: GEEKTASTIC ~ EDITED BY HOLLY BLACK AND CECIL CASTELLUCCI
Subtitle: Stories from the Nerd Herd
(Note: In this case, “Nerd Herd” has nothing to do with the television show Chuck.)
Fun, fantastic short story collection by a group of YA authors including MT Anderson, Garth Nix, and Scott Westerfeld. The stories are largely girl-centric tales about geeky pursuits like role playing games, science, academic bowl teams, MMORPGs, Rocky Horror, and more. Sandwiched between the stories are comics drawn by Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim). A great, empowering even, read. I only wish something this cool had been around for me a quarter-century ago - I might have felt less lonely.
