This is a great introduction to chapter books for young boys and girls alike. The text is large and spaced out so as not to be too ovewhelming to the young readers. The book is seasoned by occasional character drawings throughout its pages to create a bit more engagement for the reader. Everyone in school knows Nolan only as Nerd. He gets perfect grades, is a computer wiz, and is fed up with the treatment he and other classmates are getting from Alvin. Alvin likes to only be called Buddy and will make sure each of his classmates abides by his rule. Fortunately, everyone learns to stand up to Buddy all thanks to Shredderman. The new superhero with a disclosed identity happens to be the last person they would ever expect.

Great! Book 1 of the 4 book, 1 movie series!!!

In, Shredderman Secret Identity, a boy named Nolen or "Nerd" gets a project where he was to create a news paper page. He choose to do his on a computer. His project was on the school bully called Bubba. Nolen made a website and thus gained his secret identity SHREDERMAN. Now all he has to do is get the school to go to the website, but how? This sounds like a job for Shrederman! At recess that day the only thing going on was all the teachers trying to find out where all the small colorful papers came from. By the end of the week the website was the only thing people talked about! Who started it? Who came up with this idea?

Of marvelous story of underdog vs. bully brought into the age of technology when the class "nerd" turns superhero by outing the class bully. Caught in the act by digital camera, this bully soon finds his episodes of torment plastered all over the newly formed website, Shredderman.com. ( )

Though most kids won't create an anonymous website about a bully, and there are reasons why they shouldn't, this book is full of good ideas about how to deal with and think about bullying. I am really excited to read more in the series and see how they developed Nolan's realization that Bubba is a victim of his father's bullying. I also loved the scene where Nolan confronted the older kids and told them his name and not to call him nerd - great self governance!