All That Glitters
“My name is Harriet Manners, and I have always been a geek.”The fourth book in the award-winning GEEK GIRL series.Harriet Manners knows many things.She knows that toilet roll was invented by the Chinese in 600 AD.She knows that a comet’s tail always points away from the sun.And she knows that the average healthy heart beats 70 times per minute. Even when it’s broken.But she knows nothing about making new friends at Sixth Form. Or why even her old friends seem to be avoiding her. And she knows even less about being a glittering supermodel success. Which she now is – apparently.Has Harriet’s time to shine like a star finally arrived, or is she about to crash and burn?
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Childrenâs Books 2015
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Copyright © Holly Smale 2015
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Ebook Edition © 2015 ISBN: 9780007574605
Version: 2017-01-31
âLoved Geek Girl. Wise, funny and true, with a proper nerd heroine youâre laughing with as much as at. Almostâ James Henry, writer of Smack the Pony and Green Wing
âI would highly recommend Geek Girl to anyone who likes a good laugh and enjoys a one-of-a-kind storyâ
Mia, Guardian Childrenâs Books website
âSmart, sassy and very funnyâ
Bookseller
âBrilliantly funny and fresh⦠A feel-good satisfying gemâ
Books for Keeps
âThereâs laughter and tears in this hilarious roller-coaster storyâ
Julia Eccleshare
âSimultaneously hilarious and heart-warming. Everyone should read this bookâ
We Love This Book
âPure funâ
School Library Journal
For Mum. Who has given me so many stories.
Contents
Copyright
Praise for Geek Girl
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
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
glitter [glit-er] verb, noun
1 To sparkle with reflected light
2 To make a brilliant show
3 To be decorated or enhanced by glamour
4 Tiny pieces of shiny ornamentation.
ORIGIN from the Old English glitenian: âTo shine; to be distinguishedâ
I know Iâm a genius because Iâve just looked up the symptoms on the internet and I appear to have almost all of them.
Sociological studies have shown that the hallmarks of extraordinary intelligence include enjoying pointless pursuits, an unusual memory for things nobody else finds interesting and total social ineptitude.
I donât want to sound big-headed, but last night I alphabetised every soup can in the kitchen, taught myself to pick up pencils with my toes and learnt that chickens can see daylight forty-five minutes before humans can.
And people donât tend to like me very much.
So I think Iâve pretty much nailed this.
Other symptoms of genius I recognise include:
