Nora is a brainiac who is tired of being a geek and wants to be popular. When her parents move so her genius little brother can go to a better kindergarten, she sees her chance to reinvent herself and be one of the cool kids. No more AP classes, Chess Club, or gymnastics – it is time for cheerleading and dating jocks. It all works out until she meets new kid Adam, who is a nice, brainiac, chess geek. Nora makes all kinds of promises and swaps to finagle her way into Adam’s life, with disastrous results. Reading this book was one of the biggest chores of my summer. Even though the book is set locally and I was prepared to enjoy it, it was so predictable, so saccharinely sweet, I did not enjoy it at all. There was a promise of more meaningful subplots that were never explored. But the worst part was that, after all of her deception and the trouble she caused for so many other students,  everything worked out perfectly in the end.  I am sure there will be some teenage girls out there who will enjoy this book; I  certainly did not.