Geek Girl
Geek Girl 1
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Descripción de editorial
Harriet Manner sabe un montón de cosas curiosas:
*Los gatos tienen 32 músculos en cada oreja.
*Un instante dura unos cien segundos.
*Los cacahuetes son uno de los ingredientes de la dinamita.
Pero no tiene ni idea de por qué no parece gustarle a nadie en el instituto. Por eso, cuando una agencia de top models la descubre y le da la oportunidad de reinventarse, Harriet no lo piensa dos veces. ¿Podrá pasar de friki a chic?
"Me encantó y lo leí en solo tres días. Me muero por leer el siguiente. La forma en que está escrito es genial: es fácil de entender. Es inteligente y gracioso." The Guardian
“Un trilogía inteligente, atrevida y muy divertida.” The Bookselller
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British teen Harriet Manners is the official school geek, and she suffers constant torment by her peers. When Harriet's longtime best friend Nat, an aspiring model, drags her to a fashion event, it's Harriet, not Nat, who gets "discovered," driving a wedge between them. As 15-year-old Harriet is whisked to Moscow for photo shoots, fashion shows, and the promise of future fame and fortune, she and her father lie to everyone about their whereabouts, creating all manner of complications. Debut author Smale, a former model herself, gives Harriet an instantly appealing narrative voice, full of discursions and self-deprecation wisecracking, down-on-her-luck Harriet is easy to warm to. If the ugly duckling turned swan is clich , both Smale and Harriet know it. "I could go from proverbial caterpillar to butterfly, from tadpole to frog," thinks Harriet. "From larva to dragonfly (which is actually only a half metamorphosis, but still I think worth mentioning)." Other overfamiliar types (including Harriet's extravagantly flamboyant agent and an ultra-severe fashion maven) deflate the story's fun somewhat, but most readers will thoroughly enjoy Harriet's uproarious misadventures. Ages 13 up.
