Queen Geeks In Love » (Bargain)

Laura Preble is an award-winning teacher and writer. She grew up in Ohio, where she would have been a Queen Geek in high school if she'd had the confidence. She lives in the San Diego area with her husband, jazz saxophonist Chris Klich, and her two sons, Austin and Noel.

Last year, Shelby Chapelle and her friend Becca founded the Queen Geek Social Club, and set out to find others of their kind. This year, Becca has even bigger plans for the Queen Geeks. She thinks working on the club's website and planning Geekfest (a talent show of geek-tastic proportions) should be Shelby's number one priority.

Guys have always been strictly secondary to the goal of spreading geekiness to every corner of Green Pines High School...and then the world! But sophomore year heats up when Shelby is swept off her feet by the karaoke stylings of a guy named Fletcher. And then Becca and another Queen Geek fall for the same guy, which results in a cursed love triangle-or a doomed love rhombus, if you count Shelby and Fletcher.

The going can get tough when Queek Geeks fall in love, but Shelby knows that being true to your inner geek is the most important thing.

School Library Journal

Gr 8-10- In The Queen Geek Social Club (Berkley, 2006), high school freshmen Becca Gallagher and Shelby Chapelle formed a group that would bring together girls like themselves. In this sequel, Becca has plans to make the QGSC even bigger and better, with Shelby's help. Her friend, however, is preoccupied with her first serious boyfriend. Preble expertly handles the ups and downs of teenage friendship and romance, as well as motherless Shelby's relationship with her involved, "mad scientist dad." Readers will enjoy this light, funny novel with real characters who go through the typical trials of teenage life.-Shari Fesko, Southfield Public Library, MI