One-Third Nerd
Illustrator
Églantine Ceulemans
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781524718886
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Fifth grade is not for amateurs, according to Liam. Luckily, he knows that being more than one-third nerd is not cool. Liam lives in the Bay area near San Francisco with his mom and two younger sisters. Dakota is fascinated by science and has a big personality but struggles to make friends; Izzy, a child with Down syndrome, makes friends easily and notices things that go past everyone else. Dad lives across town, but he's over a lot. And then there's Cupcake, their lovable German shepherd, who guards their basement apartment.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
540L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Separation; Developmental Disability; separated parents; co-parenting; Down syndrome; people with mental disabilities
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
separated mother and father
Keywords
brothers and sisters; apartment houses; German shepherd dog; families
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Choldenko, Gennifer, "One-Third Nerd" (2019). Diverse Families. 2050.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2050