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NERDS combines all the excitement of international espionage with all the awkwardness of elementary school, and the results are hilarious. A group of unpopular fifth graders run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities! Their enemies? An array of James Bondstyle villains, each with an evil plan more diabolical and more ridiculous than the last. Publishers Weekly raved: Buckley has a flair for exaggerated humor. School Library Journal said: Funny, clever, and thoroughly entertaining.Praise for NERDS:M is for Mama's Boy"Fans of the first novel will find even more laughs here." Booklist"Peppered with lessons on cracking codes, ciphers and invisible ink, the second adventure in Buckleys silly spy-kids spoof is as frenetically goofy as the first.a terrific package for reluctant readers or book lovers out for thrills, gadgets and larfs." Kirkus Reviews

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	03 septembre 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781613126417
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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BY MICHAEL BUCKLEY
The Sisters Grimm Book One: The Fairy-Tale Detectives Book Two: The Unusual Suspects Book Three: The Problem Child Book Four: Once Upon a Crime Book Five: Magic and Other Misdemeanors Book Six: Tales from the Hood Book Seven: The Everafter War Book Eight: The Inside Story Book Nine: The Council of Mirrors A Very Grimm Guide NERDS Book One: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society Book Two: M Is for Mama s Boy Book Three: The Cheerleaders of Doom Book Four: The Villain Virus Book Five: Attack of the BULLIES

PUBLISHER S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-0-8109-8986-3
Text copyright 2010 Michael Buckley Illustrations copyright 2010 Ethen Beavers
Book design by Chad W. Beckerman
Published in 2010 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Amulet Books and Amulet Paperbacks are registered trademarks of Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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For Nikki Mock, Janet Vaughan, and all the kids at Hammond Hill Elementary in North Augusta, South Carolina: the place where NERDS was born.
Contents
Prologue: 45 13 N, 62 42 W
Level 1: Access Granted
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Level 2: Access Granted
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Level 3: Access Granted
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Level 4: Access Granted
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Level 5: Access Granted
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14: 38 53 N, 77 05 W
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Level 6: Access Granted
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Acknowledgments
About the Author
The goon woke in a hospital with a bandage wrapped tightly around his ribs and an IV dripping sedatives into a vein in his arm. Though he could not remember how he had been injured or how long he had been unconscious, his first thought was to call the office and find someone to cover his shifts. He had a busy week of beating people to a bloody pulp, and his victims weren t going to punch themselves in the face. He couldn t leave his bosses in the lurch. He was evil, but he was professional.
Perhaps it was his dedication to his work that had built him such an impressive resume: fifteen broken jaws, fifty-seven legs, a hundred arms, and more noses than he could count. He had knocked out thousands of teeth, pushed a few people off bridges, and once buried a guy in concrete up to his neck. He had been nominated for Goon of the Year nine times by OUCH (Organization of United Criminals and Henchman), and had won its highest honor, the Brass Knuckle, seven times. At the office, he showed up early and left late. He had his lunch on the job, frequently beating people as he ate his peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches. You didn t get on the FBI s Ten Most Wanted list by taking a sick day! He leaned over to the IV line that fed his body sedatives and yanked out the needle. He couldn t have predicted how much it would sting. The pain brought back a wave of memories.
The goon had been in the employ of an eleven-year-old evil mastermind who wore a black mask with a white skull painted on it. It had been a fiasco. Simon, as he called himself, had made some rookie mistakes that had led to bigger problems. His first mistake was working with a mad scientist named Dr. Jigsaw-a kook with a doomsday device that was supposed to pull Earth s continents back together. Second, the kid had spent a fortune building a secret fortress at the North Pole for said kook. Naturally, some heroes came along and destroyed the place just before the overly complicated plan could be unleashed on the world, which was Simon s third-biggest blunder; he should have killed the heroes as soon as they arrived. Instead, he took them hostage. Even babies know that heroes have a tendency to escape just in time and ruin a villain s plan. Sure enough, the heroes destroyed Dr. Jigsaw s continental-shift machine. During this calamity, something fell on the goon. Then everything went black and he woke up in this hospital.
Now the goon s cell phone rang. Someone had set it on the table next to him, and as he reached for it, he realized he was missing a hand! In its place was a hook. The goon studied it for a moment, then the closest thing to a smile his mouth had ever produced appeared on his face. Most people would have been devastated to see a menacing metal hook where their hand should be. Not the goon. The hook was just the kind of thing that would win him his eighth Brass Knuckle award.
He reached over with his real hand and snatched up the phone. When he saw that the caller ID said SIMON , he answered it.
Hello, the boy s voice said over a tremendous racket. It sounded as if he were trapped in a storm. It s me. I see you survived the explosion.
Not quite. I lost a hand. I had a doctor clean it up. They put a hook on my arm.
Cool, Simon said.
The goon almost smiled again. It was cool , but he didn t like to brag. It actually hurts a lot and I have to give up the piano, he said.
Oh. Your sacrifice is noted and appreciated.
I m sorry about the plan, boss, the goon said. Through the wind he heard laughing. Then again, it might have been a cry for help. He couldn t be sure. Boss? Are you OK? It sounds like you are laughing.

There was a long pause followed by a number of grunts and groans, then Simon s voice returned. Your concern is amusing, my friend, but completely unnecessary. You see, Jigsaw and his little machine were just part of a much bigger plan, one that is going exactly the way I want. Take care of yourself. I ll contact you when I need you again.
Then the phone went dead.
Hello, it s good to see you awake, a doctor said from the doorway. He was tall, with gray hair and a kind face. I wanted to talk to you about your hand. I know you must be very troubled to find the hook-it sort of looks like a prop from a pirate movie. Fortunately, it s just temporary. We re ordering a new one that looks and acts a lot like a real hand. It should be here in a week.
In response, the goon tossed his pillow into the air, then used his hook to slash it in two. Feathers flew around the room. Actually, I think this will be just fine.
Simon s plan was not going exactly the way he wanted. He was trapped on a tiny ledge on the side of an enormous ice mountain at the top of the world-the North Pole, to be exact. The temperature was just above negative 35 degrees Fahrenheit and in all directions there was little more than drifting ice sheets and glaciers. Firm ground was nearly a mile above, and the deadly cold waters of the Arctic Ocean were far below. He had been stranded on the ledge for two days, freezing, starving, and desperate for water. No, things were not going as planned at all!
Still, Simon (formerly known as Choppers, formerly known as Heathcliff Hodges) refused to ask his goon for a rescue. In his effort to become an evil mastermind, Simon had read many books, including one by business tycoon Donald Trump. It had argued that you should never let your underlings know that you need help. It undermined their respect for you. He would save himself.
He pulled himself to his feet and balanced precariously on the tiny ledge. He searched the surface of the mountain for a handhold as he had done so many times before, and once again found nothing. Was he doomed to die? He went over everything he had ever been taught during his time as a secret agent. His former headquarters was filled to the brim with gadgets that would save his life-grappling guns, antigravity sneakers, and much more. But he d have settled for a rope right then. He thought of his former teammates, especially Duncan Dewey, code name: Gluestick. Duncan would have had no problem with the icy cliffside. His skin produced a powerful adhesive that allowed him to stick to nearly any surface-hence his code name. He could walk along the ceiling like a fly or run up the side of a skyscraper.
It was all part of the upgrades the team members had received when they first became spies and members of an elite organization, the National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society, or NERDS, set with the task of saving the world from evil. Their fifth-grade weaknesses had been turned into superstrengths with the help of top-secret computer technology. Simon had huge front teeth, nearly as big as a horse s. It was how he had gotten his spy code name, Choppers. After his upgrades, he could use his buckteeth to hypnotize and control others. A lot of good that did now when he was alone and slowly turning into a snow cone. What had their hopelessly incompetent director, Agent Brand, said to the team? You don t need gadgets. You are the gadgets. That was it! Simon was the gadget.
He slammed his face into the ice, driving his enormous front teeth deep into the mountain. Alternately using his teeth and the heavy cleated boots he wore, he began to climb slowly.
Perhaps Simon should have been grateful for his amazing upgrades and his many hou