Shredderman: Meet the Gecko

This is such a great series for boys aged 6-10 especially because it's an awkward time for them as they are growing and feeling sensitive about bullies. My seven year old has read books one and two and in the middle of book three. This series is based around a character named Nolan, who is a 3rd grade computer nerd. He is picked on daily and made fun of until one day he realizes that it doesn't take muscles and popularity to over-power these pests. He becomes an unlikely hero known as "Shredderman," who documents the work of bullies and brings them to justice. This series has lot's of comic mischief and displays a character who is genuinely a do-er of good deeds for all and a morally outstanding child. This series is perfect for intermediate readers, it is strewn with pictures in each chapter which helps if you have an easily frustrated or impatient reader. I think this series is fantastic because it makes it OK to not be the biggest or flashiest kid in class. You'll fall in love with Nolan because he's just an everyday kid who wants to do good in school, obey his parents, and not only doesn't let people beat him down, but prevents those bullies from cornering other victims. Yeah, Nolan! I'm root'en for you kid!

My students, especially those with learning challenges, love it!!

My 2nd grade class loves this read aloud!

My 10yr old is quite the reader... he came home from school requesting these since he'd seen it in the library. He read the entire series in a week! While it is an easier read for him it's one he enjoys.

My son, who doesn't read (age 11) read one of these books from the school library and then asked me to get him the rest in the series. I saw my son get ready for bed and then say: "I'm just going to read for a while before going to bed" WOWHe got done with both of the books we ordered, in the same week. This is the kid who can't see any reason to read, except the instructions on the video games! Somehow the subject matter is interesting to him!

My grandson loves to read. He will read any kind of book you get for him. He enjoyed this series.

We absolutely loved these books. My son is almost 10 and we read them togehter, Although these are very easy reading for my son's age, we read them together because we enjoy them more that way. We both laugh out loud and really got into the stories. Often we ended up missing the absolute, latest possible bedtime curfew because we just HAD to read on! We would be very interested in other book by this author -- although it seems that her others are geared toward girl readers.

Originally I began to read these to my kids and they absolutely loved them. The characters are cute and portrayed nicely, nice story line, no cheesy morale at the end, no profanity, and they technology is up to date. The main character is pretending to be a superhero, and my kids loved that.