{"product_id":"confessions-of-a-high-school-word-nerd-isbn-9780143038368","title":"Confessions of a High School Word Nerd","description":"\u003cb\u003eEffortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e Every year, 9 million American students expend large amounts of time and energy preparing for proficiency and entrance exams like the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and SSAT with a heap of vocabulary flash cards and a fat volume of repetitive practice tests. Each one of them, along with their parents and teachers, wishes that there was a less painful way to prepare for test day. There is, and this book is the solution: a collection of ten well-written, entertaining essays by recent college-graduates-turned-writers that honestly and amusingly recount wild, traumatizing, and hilarious high-school events, using common SAT words as a study tool.\u003cbr\u003e (*gluteus: any of the large muscles of the buttocks; esp: gluteus maximus)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfessions of a High School Word NerdIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Confessions of a Diligent Kisser\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaure de Vulpillieres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Confessions of a Rebel Trombonist\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Heaney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Confessions of a Road Hazard\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColleen Kinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Confessions of a Summer-Camp Junkie\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Rovzar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Confessions of a Vagabond Swimmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArianne Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Confessions of a Running Disaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Confessions of an Insane Intern\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKara Loewentheil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Confessions of a Ghetto Soccer Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Confessions of a Homeschooler\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy Michael Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Confessions of a Pigsty Prankster\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Finney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArianne Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a High School Word Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe TALL Book,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sex Diaries Project: What We’re Saying About What We’re Doing\u003c\/i\u003e. Cohen’s work regularly appears in \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e the New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Cohen has given talks around the world about self-esteem, body image, and healthy relationships. She graduated \u003ci\u003emagna cum laude \u003c\/i\u003efrom Harvard University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColleen Kinder\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDelaying the Real World\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eConfessions of a High School Word Nerd\u003c\/i\u003e. Kinder is also a travel writer and photographer whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays have been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing 2013\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReadings for Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing,\u003c\/i\u003e and more. Kinder is a graduate of both Yale University and the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. She teaches writing in both the United States and France.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303971049701,"sku":"NP9780143038368","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143038368.jpg?v=1767724036","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/confessions-of-a-high-school-word-nerd-isbn-9780143038368","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}