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|title=Word Nerd

|author=Susin Nielsen

|reviewer=Z J Cookson

|summary=With strong characterisation, an appealing narrative voice and wonderful writing, this is a book that you will struggle to put down. A 5* story that will be enjoyed by anyone from confident readers to teens and adults.

|rating=5

|website=http://susinnielsen.com/

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Ambrose Bukowski is your typical nerd – clever and geeky with no friends and appalling dress sense. However, to add to his problems, he's also got a serious nut allergy and a slightly insane overprotective mother. When the school bullies almost kill him by putting a peanut in his sandwich, Ambrose is pulled out of school and educated at home. Lonely and bored, life is not looking good for Ambrose until he meets his neighbour's grown up son, Cosmos, who has just been released from prison. Outwardly the two have nothing in common other than a love of Scrabble but, as we soon discover, this turns out to be enough to form an unlikely friendship that helps them both.