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  * Humans have 70,000 thoughts per day

  * Caterpillars have four thousand muscles

  * The average person eats a ton of food a year

  * Being a Geek + Model = a whole new set of graffiti on your belongings

  But clearly she knows nothing about boys. And on a whirlwind modelling trip to Tokyo, Harriet would trade in everything she’s ever learnt for just the faintest idea of what she’s supposed to do next …

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  Geek girl goes Stateside …

  Harriet Manners knows a lot of facts:

  * New York is the most populous city in the United States

  * its official motto is ‘Ever Upward’

  * 27% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon

  But she has no idea about modelling Stateside. Or, even more importantly, what to do when the big romantic gestures aren’t coming from her boyfriend …

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  The original geek returns …

  Harriet Manners has high hopes for the new school year: she’s a Sixth Former now, and things are going to be different. But with Nat busy falling in love at college and Toby preoccupied with a Top Secret project, Harriet soon discovers that’s not necessarily a good thing …

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  Coming Soon!

  Harriet Manners knows almost every fact there is.

  * She knows duck-billed platypuses don’t have stomachs.

  * She knows that fourteen squirrels were once detained as spies.

  * She knows only one flag in the world features a building.

  And for once, Harriet knows exactly how her life should go. She’s got it ALL planned out. So when love is in the air, Harriet is determined to Make Things Happen! If only everyone else would stick to the script …

  Has GEEK GIRL overstepped the mark, and is following the rules going to break hearts all over again?

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  Acknowledgements

  Thanks to my mum, for always making Christmas magical: you’ve given me so many special memories. Thanks to my sister, for energetically sharing them with me, and Dad, for getting up early enough to join in.

  Thanks to my Grandma and Grandad, who have always hosted Christmas so graciously and with such fabulous roast potatoes.

  Finally, thanks to Kate Shaw, Ruth Alltimes, Lizzie Clifford and the rest of Team Geek: for encouraging me to finally tell this story.

  I can’t think of a better way of celebrating.

  Thank you. x

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