# NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

**Author:** Michael Buckley
**Grade range:** Grades 3–6
**Page count:** 301
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9781613120187`
**ISBN-10:** `1613120184`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/nerds-national-espionage-rescue-and-defense-society
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Meet the NERDS, a team of eleven-year-old super spies: Duncan "Gluestick" Dewey: He's a paste-eater who can stick to walls. Ruby "Pufferfish" Peet: Her allergies help her detect danger and dishonesty. Heathcliff "Choppers" Hodges: He controls minds with his buckteeth. Julio "Flinch" Escala: His hyperactivity gives him super speed and strength. Matilda "Wheezer" Choi: Her inhalers enable her to fly and blast enemies. Jackson "Braceface" Jones, the new recruit. This metal mouth is the team's go-to gadget guy . . . if only he can get over becoming a NERD. Can this team of misfits save the world from their secret headquarters in the basement of their school? Can you read NERDS without laughing? Go ahead and try!

## Where this book is assigned

### Hawai'i Nēnē Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 2011 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 2011 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 2011 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Hawaii — [source: Hawai‘i Nēnē Award (Hawaii Association of School Librarians), winner archive via Goodreads — 2011 Nēnē Award winner](https://www.neneaward.org/)

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