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EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT

NERDS!

“Fu

–SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

“This fun adventure is sure to attract followers, who

will look forward to the sequels…. Beavers’s

comic strip-style illustrations add further appeal.”

–BOOKLIST

“The inventive details, story, and made-up futuristic

technology will keep pages turning.”

—KIRKUS REVIEWS

“A charming and fu

underdogs saving the day.”

—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Deeply fu

—INSTRUCTOR MAGAZINE

“NERDS is a fun middle grade romp, with a great

multicultural cast…. [It] gives the geeks and

underdogs of the world a chance to shine, and that’s

something this current Braceface is glad to see.”

—KIDLITERATE BLOG

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.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this book as follows:

Buckley, Michael.

NERDS : National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society / by Michael Buckley.

p. cm. — (NERDS ; bk. 1)

Summary: While ru

five socially awkward misfits combine their talents and use cutting-edge

gadgetry to fight evil around the world.

ISBN 978-0-8109-4324-7

[1. Spies—Fiction. 2. Schools—Fiction. 3. Humorous stories.] I. Title. II. Title:

National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society.

PZ7.B882323Ne 2009

[Fic]—dc22

2009015484

Paperback ISBN 978-0-8109-8985-6



Text copyright © 2010 Michael Buckley

Illustrations copyright © 2010 Ethen Beavers

Book design by Chad W. Beckerman

Originally published in hardcover in 2009 by Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS. This edition published in 2010. 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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New York, NY 10011

www.abramsbooks.com

For dorks, dweebs,

geeks, spazzes,

waste cases, and

nerds everywhere.

Someday you too

will change the

world.

TOP SECRET!

THIS BOOK IS A NERDS CASE FILE. IT

CONTAINS HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL

AND WAS COMPILED FROM THE SWORN

TESTIMONIES OF EYEWITNESSES. IT ALSO

CONTAINS INFORMATION RETRIEVED FROM

INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS.

WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY, KID, IS DON’T

LOSE IT! IF THE INFORMATION IN THIS BOOK

FELL INTO THE WRONG HANDS, IT WOULD

CAUSE A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS.

SO DO US ALL A FAVOR AND DON’T SHOW

THIS BOOK TO ANYONE.

HOW DO I HAVE ACCESS TO THIS

INFORMATION?

WELL, I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF NERDS—

BACK WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE. IT’S TRUE! MY

CODE NAME WAS BEANPOLE. WHAT ARE YOU

LAUGHING AT? BEANPOLE IS A GREAT SECRET

AGENT NAME. ANYWAY, NOW THAT I’M OLDER, MY

JOB IS TO DOCUMENT THE AGENTS AND THEIR

MISSIONS. NOW THAT I’VE TOLD

YOU ALL OF THIS, I’M SUPPOSED TO KILL

YOU, BUT YOU LOOK LIKE A GOOD ENOUGH

PERSON. BESIDES, THE TEAM THINKS YOU HAVE

POTENTIAL. IN FACT, THEY ARE CONSIDERING

YOU FOR A SPOT. BUT FIRST WE NEED TO MAKE

SURE YOU’RE UP TO THE CHALLENGE. READ THIS

BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER, AND IF AT THE

END YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES …

WELL, LET’S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

YOU’VE GOT TO READ IT FIRST.

VERIFY I.D.

TO ACCESS THE REST

OF THE BOOK, PLACE

YOUR THUMB ON

THE SENSOR FOR

FINGERPRINT MATCH.