Staff Pick of the Week: Into the Wild Nerd Yonder

This week's book pick is Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern.

Jessie's about to start her sophomore year and her two best friends Char and Bizza are driving her crazy. For starters, they've decided to morph themselves into punk-rock-wannabes. And then to make matters worse, Bizza makes a move on Jessie's older brother's best friend Van, who also happens to be the guy Jessie's been crushing on for ages. Jessie decides it's time for a different set of friends. At first she tries the band crowd, but concludes they're a type of geek she just can't handle. Then she tries hanging with the Dungeons & Dragons folks, and they are actually quite ... fun. But isn't D&D only for complete nerds? How can Jessie possibly hang out with them and get through high school in one piece?