If you need a step up from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, you need to check out Wendelin Van Draanen's realistic fiction Shredderman series. There's the unlikely but likeable protagonist, Nolan, his very real-life problems (bullying), and the stroke of genius which inspires his unusual solution: he creates his own super-powered cyber secret identity. Fortunately, this is the first of a series of five, and you're going to want to read each one (best in order, of course). The illustrations by Brian Biggs are hysterical.
If you're really curious, I'll save you some time with the sequels:
#2 Attack of the tagger
#3 Meet the gecko
#4 Enemy spy
#5 (stay tuned! Coming out May, 2009)
Related links:
Shredderman's own extremely fun website
The author's website
2 comments:
I love "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"! This book has to be really good!
shredder man was a good book, but if you are in the sixth grade and up, it's too weird. this is because it is hard to believe anything that happens in it. a good part is when he had to find his guinea pig.
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