Worse Than Weird

Name: Worse Than Weird
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jody J. Little
ISBN: 9780062994523

Author: Jody J. Little

Narrator: Lisa Cordileone

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/10/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Readers who love Leslie Connor and Ann M. Martin will adore this story of a citywide scavenger hunt and a girl who learns that family—and weirdness—is relative.Summer Coding CampIncoming 7th graders onlyEight-week session begins June 28This is it, my summer plan.Hoping to ditch two months of chicken coops, kale, and her parents’ antiscreen rules, Mac MacLeod sets out to win a citywide food cart scavenger hunt and the money she needs for the summer coding camp of her dreams.But Mac discovers more than just clues during her cross-city sprint—like how her weird parents might not be the worst thing compared to the circumstances of those around her.With the same humor and hope of her debut novel, Mostly the Honest Truth, Jody J. Little gives readers another spunky, unforgettable character to root for.

About Jody J. Little

Jody J. Little is an elementary school teacher in Portland, Oregon, who loves sharing her joy of books with her students. She is the author of Mostly the Honest Truth and Worse Than Weird. Visit her at www.jodyjlittle.com or follow her on Twitter @jodyjlittle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

A food cart treasure hunt provides the structure for this new middle grade novel from Jody J. Little. Mac (Hippie Girl) wants to earn money for coding camp and when stumbles upon her first clue, she is hooked! Her two best friends want to support her and help in the search, but their lives have adde......more

Goodreads review by Kristin

Thank you to the author for sharing an ARC with Collabookation. Worse Than Weird is the story of an adolescent who finds her life put into perspective as she searches for food cart clues with friends old and new. Mac is mortified by her parents: self-sustaining, drumming naked bikers. While they esch......more

Goodreads review by Mikayla

Thank you to Edelweiss+ and HarperCollins for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. All Mac wants is to learn to be a super coder, however, her parents' views are anti-screen and rooted in a commune lifestyle. Her dreams are in reach when she sees t......more