Model Misfit (Geek Girl Series #2)

by Holly Smale

Overview

You can make a geek a model, but you can't make her chic. More hilarity and high fashion await in the second book in the internationally bestselling Geek Girl series, perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Julie Buxbaum!

Harriet Manners is a model—but she feels even less popular and more awkward than she did when she was just a geek. So a summer modeling job in Japan sounds like the perfect vacation, even if she has to bring along her crazy grandma Bunty, and even if she might run into Nick, her gorgeous supermodel ex-boyfriend. No one is going to ruin Harriet's fabulous Tokyo adventure—unless she accidentally ruins it herself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062333629
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Series:	Geek Girl Series , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	150,041
File size:	985 KB
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Holly Smale was unexpectedly spotted by a top London modeling agency at the age of fifteen and spent the following two years falling over on catwalks, going bright red, and breaking things she couldn't afford to replace. By the time she had graduated from Bristol University with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare, she had given up modeling and set herself on the path to becoming a full-time writer. Geek Girl was the #1 bestselling young adult fiction title in the UK in 2013. It was shortlisted for several major awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Holly currently lives in London, England.

Editorial Reviews

Smale writes short, punchy chapters that keep the narrative and the comedy flowing constantly. Her highly individual characterizations add enormous zip to the book, but it’s Harriet’s geeky quips that give the book its life.” — Kirkus Reviews

PRAISE FOR GEEK GIRL: “A smash hit in the UK, this is a cheeky, fabulous, fun read for anyone who has dreamed of a fresh start.” — ALA Booklist

“Debut author Smale gives Harriet an instantly appealing narrative voice. Readers will thoroughly enjoy Harriet’s uproarious misadventures.” — Publishers Weekly

“Quirky, likable, and geeky, Harriet is an outsider to the modeling world but possesses a natural charm that is everything the fashion world needs. Pure fun.” — School Library Journal

“Harriet is irresistible. Readers will experience love at first chapter for this geek girl who always manages to hold on to her sense of humor as she navigates the treacherous worlds of school friendships and high-fashion modeling.” — Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

“Daffy physical humor and intelligent wit hit the sweet spot between Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicolson books and Erin McCahan’s Love and Other Foreign Words. — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

From the Publisher

Harriet is irresistible. Readers will experience love at first chapter for this geek girl who always manages to hold on to her sense of humor as she navigates the treacherous worlds of school friendships and high-fashion modeling.

Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

Daffy physical humor and intelligent wit hit the sweet spot between Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicolson books and Erin McCahan’s Love and Other Foreign Words.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

PRAISE FOR GEEK GIRL: “A smash hit in the UK, this is a cheeky, fabulous, fun read for anyone who has dreamed of a fresh start.

ALA Booklist

Daffy physical humor and intelligent wit hit the sweet spot between Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicolson books and Erin McCahan’s Love and Other Foreign Words.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Daffy physical humor and intelligent wit hit the sweet spot between Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicolson books and Erin McCahan’s Love and Other Foreign Words.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

2015-04-15
A girl entranced by physics, mathematics, history, and literature also works as a model for an innovative international fashion designer, but she's so inept she's likely to lose her job in this comic sequel to the original Geek Girl (2015). Fifteen-year-old Harriet still suffers from the same difficulties as in the first book: she's the target of a popular and powerful mean girl in her school, her romance with the dashing Nick has broken up, and she's still uber-awkward, socially. Yet she models for Yuka Ito, an insanely demanding, incredibly talented designer. Yuka offers Harriet a job in Japan, a country that has fascinated Harriet since childhood. Dumped with two other models for roommates, Harriet tries to focus on her job, but wildly improbable disasters dog her. She likes her roommates, especially Rin, who struggles mightily to speak English and whose constant mistakes become an unfortunate running joke. Her other roommate, the beautiful Poppy, turns out to be Nick's new girlfriend, and indeed, who should show up in Japan but Nick. Smale writes short, punchy chapters that keep the narrative and the comedy flowing constantly. Her highly individual characterizations add enormous zip to the book, but it's Harriet's geeky quips that give the book its life. Fluffy but funny for readers who can overlook the cultural cluelessness. (Fiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews