Geek Drama. Holly Smale
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015
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Geek Girl: Geek Drama
Copyright © Holly Smale 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780008120306
Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780008135003
Version: 2015-02-17
Geek Girl
“A smart, sassy and very funny debut” The Bookseller
“Funny, original and this year’s must-read for teenage girls” Sun
“A feel-good satisfying gem that will have teens smiling from cover to cover, and walking a little taller after reading” Books for Keeps
“Smart, sassy and feel-good fun” tBK MAG
Geek Girl: Model Misfit
“Holly Smale’s sideways glance at everything is relentlessly entertaining” Books for Keeps
Geek Girl: Picture Perfect
“Hilarious” The Guardian
Contents
Copyright
Praise for Holly Smale
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
About the Author
Also by Holly Smale
About the Publisher
Drama [drah-muh] noun
1 A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
2 The branch of literature having such compositions as its subject; dramatic art or representation.
3 Any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting or striking interest or results.
4 The quality of being dramatic.
ORIGIN 1510s, from Greek dran, meaning ‘to do, act or perform’.
I know I’m an idiot because:
1. One half of me is inside a cupboard, and the other is not.
2. I can’t move more than two centimetres either backwards or forwards.
3. My feet aren’t touching the ground.
4. The shelf I used to climb up to this windowsill collapsed at least forty minutes ago.
5. I keep saying, “Help, help, I’m stuck,” even though nobody can hear me.
Clearly my spatial awareness is every bit as terrible as my dance teacher said it was after the Year 10 performance where I accidentally kicked another student in the face during an enthusiastic but badly executed can-can.
I don’t fit through this window.
At all.
Frankly, the fact that I even thought I might is a cause for serious concern. Recent studies have revealed that domesticated chickens have finely honed sensory capacities and an ability to think, draw inferences, apply logic and plan ahead in more advanced ways than those of a young child.
So,