NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

Pretty heavy-handed in its message and in trying to be cool.

I listened to this book with my 7 year-old son. I will say that he enjoyed it much more than I did, but then, he got to play video games in the back seat of the car while listening to it. The plot has a couple of good twists for the younger readers. I personally didn't like the initial chapters setting up the story. And in the end, the main character's change from bully to just average pre-teen jerk seemed to happen all at once. But it worked for my son and that was really all I was looking for.