SHREDDERMAN: ATTACK OF THE TAGGER

Self-styled “cyber-superhero” Nolan Byrd once again wields digital camera and Web site in defense of truth, justice, and just deserts for bullies. Someone’s painting silly faces all over town, and Nolan, thanks to some sharp observation and a conveniently overheard conversation, suspects that Bubba Bixby, the previous episode’s bully-de-jour, knows who. So how to unmask the vandal, without revealing his own secret “Shredderman” identity? Like a younger Sammy Keyes, Nolan springs into action, “blasting” through doorways, “zooming” down streets, and working on a complicated plan to post a video of the baddie in action—all while springing through several running subplots, both at home and at school. Equipped with a genuinely juvenile sense of humor (but a clear sense of right and wrong, too), plus a serious addiction to exclamation points, this engagingly bright, complex fifth-grade sleuth will sweep readers into his newest jet-propelled adventure. (Illustrations not seen) (Fiction. 8-11)