Hank finds and reads John's childhood book 'It Just Isn't Fair' (2007)
story · status: followed over 3 videos (2007) · last event: update (2007-11-02)
In October 2007 Hank found 'It Just Isn't Fair', a book John wrote at eight, and read it aloud for Nerdfighters. John thanked him and said it proved he was a nerd; Hank then learned the book had won the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award.
Told alongside: Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007)
About: It Just Isn't Fair
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-29 | told | After failing to find John's box at their parents' house, Hank finds John's childhood book 'It Just Isn't Fair' and reads it aloud for Nerdfighters. | October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair 00:00:51 |
| 2007-10-30 | update | John thanks Hank for sharing the book he wrote at eight, says it proves he is a nerd, and discusses its cover art. (playful) → refers to October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair | Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. 00:00:19 |
| 2007-11-02 | update | Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. | November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award 00:00:43 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank instead found a snippet of John's childhood to share with Nerdfighters, of special interest to readers of Looking for Alaska: 'John Green's fifth book', It Just Isn't Fair. — 00:00:51
- 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — John Green (quoted): In the book, narrator Alvin, a smart 'total nerd' nicknamed Wimp, spends money on clothes to be cool, which fails; he befriends Rick, whose father is dead, and both end up popular. (fiction) — 00:01:22
- 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — John Green (quoted): The book's author note says John Green, born in Indianapolis, is eight, has written five books, hopes to finish his latest by the end of the school year, and much of the story isn't true. (hedged) — 00:02:44
- 2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank concludes from the book that John was a Nerdfighter from birth. (playful) — 00:02:44
- 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John thanks Hank for sharing 'It Just Isn't Fair', the book he wrote at eight, because it proves once and for all he is definitely a nerd. (playful) — 00:00:19
- 2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: The book's cover shows John as a quasi-abstract painting and a popular kid saying 'wimpy, wimpy'; John says at eight he thought cool meant hiked-up mismatched plaid pants, so he thought nerds were cool. (playful) — 00:00:30