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NERDS: Book Four: The Villain Virus
The NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the benefits are awesome, inspiring—and hilarious.
A virus has infected Arlington, Virginia, property of NERDS headquarters, and it’s much worse than your run-of-the-mill flu. Rather of coughing and sneezing, the victims of this voracious virus are transformed into superintelligent criminal masterminds. Soon almost everyone—including some of the NERDS team—is plotting to consider more than the planet. And who’s to blame for this nasty infection? None other than former NERDS teammate Heathcliff Hodges. With much more men and women breaking out into evil cackles each and every day, it is up to Flinch, the hyperactive superspy with a sweet tooth, to quit the virus. He needs to ruin the virus at its supply, and to do that he’s going to have to get within Heathcliff’s head—literally. Flinch will have to miniaturize himself and consider a great voyage by way of the supervillain’s body to fight white blood cells, stomach acid, and a nest of nasty nanobytes in the hope that he can preserve the planet from . . . the Villain Virus.
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Funny but educational …..,
Flinch was great in book 4 and a valuable lesson was learned about perseverance and self confidence. We read the series as a family at night and we are eagerly awaiting book 5. Can’t wait to see what becomes of both Heathcliff and Ms. Holiday.
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|Comment by C. Williams — December 31, 2012 @ 5:18 am
How Do You Save the World from a Virus?,
Each book in this series has focused on a different member of the NERDS team, and this time around the focus is on Flinch. His special harness converts his junk food fueled hyperactivity into super speed and strength, but his jitters don’t allow his brain to think and plan, so he is surprised when he starts being put in charge of missions.
And there are a lot of them because it seems like every day some new super villain is cropping up with a new plan to take over the world. But when a member of NERDS does the same thing, they begin to realize that there is a virus on the loose.
Meanwhile, the team has started a new school year at Thomas Knowlton Middle School, and their new principal, Ms. Dove, is watching them like a hawk. Can they still get away to save the day without getting into trouble? And will the entire world succumb to the villain virus before a cure is found?
As with the other books in the series, this one features lots of action and some good suspense wrapped in some great laughs. I was always easily pulled into the book and the pages flew by. The action was almost non-stop, and a couple of the scenes actually did have me laughing out loud. I did find a plot hole (error? glitch?) in the climax, but it is a minor issue.
While all the members of NERDS are in every book, the central character is the one who gets the most development, and watching Flinch grow was really rewarding. He’d been the hardest of the kids to figure out before, so I enjoyed getting to know him better here.
Fans of the series will certainly enjoy catching the latest adventures of the team. I would recommend starting the series at the beginning since certainly earlier books are spoiled by what happens here.
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|Comment by Mark Baker — December 31, 2012 @ 5:37 am