The Clueless Girl's Guide to Being a Genius

Janice Repka

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, Jul 5, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 218 pages

Beauty meets brains in this zany middle-grade novel!

Aphrodite Wigglesmith is a thirteen-year-old math prodigy. And now that she's graduated from Harvard, she returns home to teach the remedial math class at her old middle school. She's out to prove a bold theory: Anyone can be a math genius with the right instruction. Enter Mindy Loft, a pretty (ditzy) baton twirler in Aphrodite's class, who might just be the world's worst math student. The two seem destined to be archenemies, but somewhere between the studying and the shopping the two become friends. They're an unlikely pair, but in this uproarious middle-grade comedy, wacky is the norm and anything is possible--just like in middle school.

What people are saying

Review: The Clueless Girl's Guide to Being a Genius

User Review  - Joelle Anthony - Goodreads

I totally loved this book. And I think lots of ten and eleven year old girls would find it really fun. Maybe even a bit older. It's a great premise and a quick read with fun characters. I will be looking for more by this author.

Review: The Clueless Girl's Guide to Being a Genius

User Review  - Michelle - Goodreads

Another for the math extra credit project. About a teen who has finished college while still w kid and comes back to substitute teach a 7th grade math class. Cute book for girls.

About the author

Janice Repka is the author of The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco, winner of the Young Hoosier Book Award and the Great Stone Face Award. She lives with her family in Louisiana.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Clueless Girl's Guide to Being a Genius
• Author: Janice Repka
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 2012
• ISBN: 0142421030, 9780142421031
• Length: 218 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction / School & Education; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship