Suitable for middle secondary students, particularly girls, even though the main character is male. With lots of great moments and an issues based contemporary plot, these characters will endear themselves to your readers. Sam doesn't even notice the emerging love, thinking that his growing obsession with Camilla needs to be stopped before he makes a complete jerk of himself. She has everyone noticing her and has the power to change the image of Sam and his whole geeky group. Geek boy, horror movie buff Sam meets new, hot and cool music chick Camilla.
This is a true romantic comedy with all of the necessary ingredients. Life in Outer Space and Melissa Keil won the inaugural award - and it's easy to see why. Life in Outer Space is written by Melissa Keil and published by Peachtree. Authors could submit scripts with the winning author not only getting their book published, but gaining an ongoing writers contract. We were rapt when the small, but rapidly growing Australian publisher, Hardie Grant Egmont, announced a new award for emerging Australian authors - the 'Ampersand Project'. Goodreads Summary: Sam is a geek movie-buff with a ragtag group of loser friends who have been taking abuse from the popular kids for years. ReviewLAMONT STANDING ORDER SECONDARY BOOK OF THE MONTH - FEBRUARY 2013! Life in Outer Space Author: Melissa Keil Published August 1st, 2013 by Peachtree Publishers. But perhaps he's been watching the wrong ones. Sam believes that everything he needs to know he can learn from the movies. Sam is determined to ignore her, except that Camilla has a plan of her own - and he seems to be a part of it! She's beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his plan. Then Camilla Carter arrives on the scene. He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, his World of Warcraft - until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, worry about girls he won't. DescriptionSam Kinnison is a geek, and he's totally fine with that.
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