Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen
This is one of the books I read over the break, and not being a scramble player I wasn't sure if I would really like this story (I had some good reviews from kids at school) and I was happily surprised with how much I liked the book.
Here's the summary:
Twelve-year-old Ambrose is a glass-half-full kind of guy. A self-described "friendless nerd" he moves from place to place with his overprotective mother -Irene. When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich - even though they know he has a deathly allergy. Ambrose is philosophical, Irene, however, is not and decides that Ambrose will be home-schooled. While she's away at work during the evenings Ambrose becomes friends with 25 year old Cosmo the ex-con son of their upstairs landlords.
Fun, funny and a scrambled story of friendship, family and acceptance.
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