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Title details for NerdCrush by Alisha Emrich - Available

NerdCrush

by Alisha Emrich
Zoleka Vundla
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Ramona Lambert is a typical shy, artistic sixteen-year-old. She has a best friend whom she's known since they were in diapers, parents who love her, a love for cosplay, and a crush on the cute boy in her class. The only problem? Her best friend moved away, her parents don't quite understand her love of cosplay, and she is pretty sure her crush has no idea she exists. To escape her troubles, Ramona turns to cosplay and her original character, Rel, who gives her the confidence and freedom that she lacks in real life. Embracing this confidence, she decides to strike up an email conversation with her crush, Caleb Wolfe, from her cosplay account in the hopes getting to know him...and maybe win his heart. Then, as Caleb and Ramona are swept up in their emails back and forth to each other, Ramona falls even harder as he opens up about his hopes, insecurities, and his own geeky loves. However, as Caleb starts to grow closer and closer to Rel, he also strikes up a friendship with Ramona, who knows she can't keep the truth about Rel from Caleb but isn't sure she is ready to risk losing him. With an important cosplay convention coming up and the anxiety of her double-life weighing on her, Ramona has to decide if she'll hide behind her cosplay character forever or take the chance and let Caleb see the real her—because he might actually like her for who she is.

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  • Release date

    February 7, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666624656
      • File size: 177769 KB
      • Duration: 06:10:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 9, 2023
      Self-proclaimed nerd Ramona Lambert, who is Black, often feels that she and her family have nothing in common, especially now that her older sister Noelle is following the path their parents laid out for her. But Ramona isn’t interested in attending a prestigious college or pledging a sorority; she wants to study design and continue creating costumes for her cosplay character, Rel. Usually reserved Ramona flourishes when she adopts Rel’s online persona, so she decides to reach out via email to her classmate and longtime crush Caleb Woolf, who is white, as Rel instead of Ramona. Though the two begin a tentative flirtationship online, Caleb, who doesn’t know Rel is Ramona, rarely pays her any mind IRL. As the correspondence continues, Ramona learns that she and Caleb have more things in common than she could have imagined, but even as Ramona begins believing she might have a shot with him, she worries that he won’t like her when he realizes that Rel is an act. Emrich uses Ramona’s shy ventures beyond her comfort zone and slow evolution into a more confident version of herself to develop a wholesome and bighearted debut about quirky characters boldly embracing their idiosyncrasies, learning that it’s okay to stand out, and challenging the assumptions placed upon them. Ages 13–up. Agent: Laura Cameron, Trans-
      atlantic Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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