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Worse Than Weird

by Jody J. Little
Lisa Cordileone
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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 Camp

Incoming 7th graders only

Eight-week session begins June 28

This 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.

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  • Release date

    March 10, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780062994523
      • File size: 165428 KB
      • Duration: 05:44:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.3
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • The Horn Book

      May 1, 2020
      Expressing disapproval of one's parents' values and lifestyles is a rite of passage for many tweens, and Mac (short for MacKenna MacKensie MacLeod) is no exception. Her family lives off the grid, growing vegetables, raising chickens, and hosting a freewheeling summer festival that features (mostly) naked bike rides. Mac, in contrast, longs for a conventionally -middle-class life. She's also a coding wiz and wants to go to computer camp, but to do so she needs five hundred dollars and permission from her parents, who believe technology can destroy the soul. When she discovers that the local food trucks are -sponsoring a contest with a two-thousand-dollar prize, she sees a way. Mac outlines her grievances reasonably, allowing readers to identify with her point of view. But clues begin to surface that her two BFFs and new kid Joey Marino, who pops up at the most unexpected times, have problems much more serious than parental embarrassment (one of Joey's mothers is experiencing homelessness, for example), and readers start to see Mac's self-absorption. Humor lightens the tone, softening the hard edges as Mac acknowledges and confronts her own flaws. Appended with an author's note about the contemporary Portland, Oregon, setting as well as tips for -acknowledging and helping homeless populations. Betty Carter

      (Copyright 2020 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.3
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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