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Buckley, Michael

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

316 pp. | Abrams/Amulet | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8109-4324-7 $14.95
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Ethen Beavers. When football player Jackson's popularity is torpedoed by his new braces, he goes into Harriet-the-Spy mode and first uncovers, then joins, a team of super-nerdy fifth-grade secret agents. The action is high-wire, gleeful, and full of gadgetry and nerd-power moments, but the main character's bullying past and dismissive attitude toward his teammates make him difficult to root for.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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