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Shredderman #1
Secret Identity
Alvin Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call Bubba.
Nolan Puny, power walker, math genius, can’t keep shoes tied. Kids call Nerd.
Bubba has been the bane of Nolan’s existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become reporters, Nolan decides he’ll write an exposé—on Bubba. He doesn’t want to sign his name to it (that’d be suicidal), so Nolan creates a secret identity for himself—on the Internet. He launches Shredderman.com as a place where truth and justice prevail—and bullies get what’s coming to them.
This hilariously triumphant story is for any kid who’s ever dreamed of unleashing their own inner superhero!
Nolan Puny, power walker, math genius, can’t keep shoes tied. Kids call Nerd.
Bubba has been the bane of Nolan’s existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become reporters, Nolan decides he’ll write an exposé—on Bubba. He doesn’t want to sign his name to it (that’d be suicidal), so Nolan creates a secret identity for himself—on the Internet. He launches Shredderman.com as a place where truth and justice prevail—and bullies get what’s coming to them.
This hilariously triumphant story is for any kid who’s ever dreamed of unleashing their own inner superhero!
144 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2004
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About the author
Wendelin Van Draanen
47 books2,185 followersWendelin Van Draanen has written more than thirty novels for young readers and teens. She is the author of the 18-book Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes series, and wrote Flipped which was named a Top 100 Children’s Novel for the 21st Century by SLJ, and became a Warner Brothers feature film with Rob Reiner directing. Her novel The Running Dream was awarded ALA’s Schneider Family Award for its portrayal of the disability experience.
Van Draanen's latest book, Hope in the Mail, is part memoir, part writing guided, designed to encourage aspiring writers to pursue their dream.
Van Draanen is also the author of two short chapter-book series. The Gecko & Sticky books, are fun read-alouds, perfect for reluctant readers, and the Shredderman books—featuring a boy who deals with a bully—received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” and became a Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie.
Van Draanen was a classroom teacher for fifteen years. She and her husband reside in California and have two sons.
Van Draanen's latest book, Hope in the Mail, is part memoir, part writing guided, designed to encourage aspiring writers to pursue their dream.
Van Draanen is also the author of two short chapter-book series. The Gecko & Sticky books, are fun read-alouds, perfect for reluctant readers, and the Shredderman books—featuring a boy who deals with a bully—received the Christopher Award for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” and became a Nickelodeon made-for-TV movie.
Van Draanen was a classroom teacher for fifteen years. She and her husband reside in California and have two sons.
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June 11, 2008
So here's the deal...I must be a full-fledged mother now, because my radar was going off like mad on this one. Shredderman is the alter-ego of a bullied kid who decides to get even with the school jerk. He puts up his own website, posting mean pictures, and taunting songs about said mean boy. Now, I'm all for the underdog, and esp. when he overcomes a jerk, but isn't that, like, cyber-bullying??? Not a good idea, or lesson for the kids reading it!
January 7, 2016
I'm going to start by saying my brother told me to read this book because he liked it, so I read it. His review of the book would be a lot different from mine, but he's also 4 years younger so that's probably why. Anyway, I thought that Shredderman was an okay book. I didn't think it was very exciting. I liked that he did something about his school's issues. I guess it had a good morals- labels shouldn't limit, don't be afraid to do something about a bully, and be yourself- but I think I didn't like it because it seemed a lot like every other middle or elementary school diary/journal book I have ever read and those aren't my favorite. I did like that the teachers ended up getting involved with the bullying, and that the kids started to treat each other differently. I think if I was in 4th grade instead of 8th I would have enjoyed it more. Shredderman wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was all that good either.
February 12, 2017
***Rated by my daughter***
January 23, 2025
Growing up as a child who was severely bullied in Elementary school, this book hits home. As a clarification, this book was made in 2004 when the world operated differently than it does now in the year I'm reviewing it.
Nolan is our main character, his entire class is bullied by Alvin aka Bubba who is never caught by the teachers, but at the beginning of the book it sounded as if the teachers paid him no mind, didn't discipline him, etc as if his victims just needed to not let it happen or to ignore it. And the rest of the kids just had to deal with his absolutely inappropriate behavior which wasn't right. Till you knew why he did it and it makes more sense.
As a child raised in the early 2000's, this was never an option to simply ignore a bully because the bully would keep doing it until you felt like you didn't want to try anymore and it was hard to even get the grown ups to do something about it. It frustrated me to hear this, but it reflected real life very well for kids as I went through something similar with a boy in my 7th grade class that made me almost break down at school, thankfully my teacher listened to me, unlike so many before her. Having to deal with it yourself, you bottle necked your pain, pressure builds up and you explode. In this case Nolan has an idea for revenge that brought out his creativity side.
There was a project to do a newspaper report on someone or something in town. And Nolan had the bright idea to expose Bubba for all the nasty stuff he's been getting away with by creating a website in secrecy and exposing him in 4K as some say. As a child who felt small, he grew very brave to challenge his bully.
Tho it's never okay to bully the bully, this book still teaches a lesson to kids who honestly will still go down this same path as it's realistic to what kids do today with how social media works. With an outcome for Nolan that doesn't fully punish a child for when he's found out because the adult understands why they did it. In this case Nolan was backed into a corner and thought he truly was doing something right, to further stop the bullying so other kids didn't have to suffer too. No matter if you think your daughter or son knows better. Kids can be misguided or bullied to the point of doing something you least expect. I was bullied, became a bully and learned my lesson when I got in trouble at recess in 5th grade.
Nolan doesn't fully degrade Bubba, it's more humiliating than anything. And he later learns why Bubba bullies other kids. It's a lesson that kids need to experience. The only thing that seems odd about the story is how the teacher speaks with Nolan about becoming his sidekick. To turn his website into good because he sees potential for him to go down a good path. That's definitely a teacher talking to his student because he cares so much about them that he cannot fully punish them. But makes a deal that if he doesn't do it again, it's overlooked. And I had one teacher like that too that I could name off the top of my head. But only with some teachers. I had more teachers be strict and mean than have one be understanding of my mental health. So that's why I found it almost unbelievable at first that Mr. Green sided with Nolan.
The book talks about a tough topic. And for that I appreciate the book. It was well written and kept me engaged with the story.
Nolan is our main character, his entire class is bullied by Alvin aka Bubba who is never caught by the teachers, but at the beginning of the book it sounded as if the teachers paid him no mind, didn't discipline him, etc as if his victims just needed to not let it happen or to ignore it. And the rest of the kids just had to deal with his absolutely inappropriate behavior which wasn't right. Till you knew why he did it and it makes more sense.
As a child raised in the early 2000's, this was never an option to simply ignore a bully because the bully would keep doing it until you felt like you didn't want to try anymore and it was hard to even get the grown ups to do something about it. It frustrated me to hear this, but it reflected real life very well for kids as I went through something similar with a boy in my 7th grade class that made me almost break down at school, thankfully my teacher listened to me, unlike so many before her. Having to deal with it yourself, you bottle necked your pain, pressure builds up and you explode. In this case Nolan has an idea for revenge that brought out his creativity side.
There was a project to do a newspaper report on someone or something in town. And Nolan had the bright idea to expose Bubba for all the nasty stuff he's been getting away with by creating a website in secrecy and exposing him in 4K as some say. As a child who felt small, he grew very brave to challenge his bully.
Tho it's never okay to bully the bully, this book still teaches a lesson to kids who honestly will still go down this same path as it's realistic to what kids do today with how social media works. With an outcome for Nolan that doesn't fully punish a child for when he's found out because the adult understands why they did it. In this case Nolan was backed into a corner and thought he truly was doing something right, to further stop the bullying so other kids didn't have to suffer too. No matter if you think your daughter or son knows better. Kids can be misguided or bullied to the point of doing something you least expect. I was bullied, became a bully and learned my lesson when I got in trouble at recess in 5th grade.
Nolan doesn't fully degrade Bubba, it's more humiliating than anything. And he later learns why Bubba bullies other kids. It's a lesson that kids need to experience. The only thing that seems odd about the story is how the teacher speaks with Nolan about becoming his sidekick. To turn his website into good because he sees potential for him to go down a good path. That's definitely a teacher talking to his student because he cares so much about them that he cannot fully punish them. But makes a deal that if he doesn't do it again, it's overlooked. And I had one teacher like that too that I could name off the top of my head. But only with some teachers. I had more teachers be strict and mean than have one be understanding of my mental health. So that's why I found it almost unbelievable at first that Mr. Green sided with Nolan.
The book talks about a tough topic. And for that I appreciate the book. It was well written and kept me engaged with the story.
February 3, 2021
Nolan and most of the school is bullied by a kid named Alvin, aka Bubba. Their teacher, Mr. Green gives them an assignment that involves computer use, and a Nolan gets offtrack by not doing the actual assignment, he creates a website instead to call the bully out.
Cute and quick book I read with the kids because it was written by their favorite book series (Sammy Keyes) author. Ironically the styles are very different. I assume this is targeted for a younger crowd, my kids liked what he did to call out the bully, but I felt like the author was writing about a teen in a kids body. He was smarter than his age indicated.
Cute and quick book I read with the kids because it was written by their favorite book series (Sammy Keyes) author. Ironically the styles are very different. I assume this is targeted for a younger crowd, my kids liked what he did to call out the bully, but I felt like the author was writing about a teen in a kids body. He was smarter than his age indicated.
March 8, 2012
Fun story that has a good message, about a little kid who wants to stand up to his bullies and spread truth and justice through his small part of the world. The trouble is, he goes about it the wrong way, and even though it's only a story, kids who try this could get into serious trouble. He builds a website in the name of 'Shredderman' that publicises (with photos and videos) all the bad things the bully does to other people. 'Shredderman' is there with his camera waiting to catch 'Bubba' out: stealing, emptying the trash, even bending down with his back-side showing. That's really unhelpful.
By the end a teacher helps him see how he could use his website to publish good things about people too, but he doesn't ever really have the danger of his site explained to him - or face realistic consequences. The students (and even teachers) just become braver in the face of the bully and things are all nice and rosy. Shredderman's identity never gets found out except by a nice teacher who won't dob him in, and there's no retaliation. Considering the style of the book is so didactic, it's far more dangerous than helpful. www.GoodReadingGuide.com
By the end a teacher helps him see how he could use his website to publish good things about people too, but he doesn't ever really have the danger of his site explained to him - or face realistic consequences. The students (and even teachers) just become braver in the face of the bully and things are all nice and rosy. Shredderman's identity never gets found out except by a nice teacher who won't dob him in, and there's no retaliation. Considering the style of the book is so didactic, it's far more dangerous than helpful. www.GoodReadingGuide.com
August 18, 2009
I had some mixed feelings about this: I felt like Nolan came a little too close to bullying behavior himself in his effort to unmask the school bully. And I didn't like how he was hiding so many things from his parents (the mom-code-of-conduct requires me to insert that comment! :^). But there were many things to like about the book, and they outnumber the concerns. Beyond the sneakiness, he does have a good relationship with his parents and they seem like a healthy, normal family. He starts to stand up for himself (both victims and silent bystanders are needed if bullying is to succeed). He uses his imagination and skills (undervalued by his peers) to craft his response. And teaser! Some of my concerns are addressed in future books in the series.
I also like the message that gets sent to Bubba: We're all Shredderman.
And the message from Mr Green: the bully will lose his power if you all refuse to give in.
This is a good series for young boys, especially if they read all four.
I also like the message that gets sent to Bubba: We're all Shredderman.
And the message from Mr Green: the bully will lose his power if you all refuse to give in.
This is a good series for young boys, especially if they read all four.
April 12, 2019
I think a possible theme for this book is don't be a bully because one day you will pay and that's what happens in this book. PS treat people that way you want to be treated.
May 8, 2021
It’s a good childhood book to read for nostalgia.
May 28, 2025
read this with my class, but need to get on track with my reading goal
October 10, 2017
Great book for elementary kids about character education!!
December 16, 2009
I'm not the target demographic for this book, but I found it pleasant enough. A fun little romp that actually might get kids to think about what they do on a day to day basis.
Plus, I think any author would do well to read books like this from time to time, simply because they are such tight little examples of story. There is always something Nolan is worrying about or trying to overcome. And it does a fine job at building up the action/obstacles that he must defeat. We SEE him change from scene to scene--something all too often lacking from even the smallest of short stories.
Again, I'm not the audience for this story, but I still find it helpful to see how story operates/functions in smaller works such as this.
Plus, I think any author would do well to read books like this from time to time, simply because they are such tight little examples of story. There is always something Nolan is worrying about or trying to overcome. And it does a fine job at building up the action/obstacles that he must defeat. We SEE him change from scene to scene--something all too often lacking from even the smallest of short stories.
Again, I'm not the audience for this story, but I still find it helpful to see how story operates/functions in smaller works such as this.
June 2, 2012
I felt like it is an entertaining book for children in later elementary school, but I am a little hesitant to recommend it to everyone because of the themes of the book. It has good messages of standing up for yourself and trying to make a difference, but the way the other promoted those ideas were inappropriate in my mind. Instead of working with teachers or parents to make a difference, Nolan took it upon himself to cahnge things via a website he created to "catch" the bully in the act of bullying. In a way, the protagonist solved the bully problem by becoming a cyber bully himself.
I thought the writing was good, and was around a 3rd grade level, but the content was more appropriate for a 5th grade level.
I thought the writing was good, and was around a 3rd grade level, but the content was more appropriate for a 5th grade level.
March 1, 2013
I was expecting this to develop into a lesson about cyber bullying and the fact that you can't justify cruelty with "he-started-it," then I realized there was only one or two chapters left--not enough time to address the issues. Instead, the adults give explicit approval of Nolan's revenge. Creepy. As a teacher, I'm pretty sure Mr. Green, while otherwise great, could be fired for encouraging a kid to post a hate site, even if it's about a truly awful child.
On the other hand, I read the entire book on the bus home from work today, so obviously a quick read for those who are intimidated by longer chapter books.
On the other hand, I read the entire book on the bus home from work today, so obviously a quick read for those who are intimidated by longer chapter books.
June 6, 2016
I was sort of disturbed by the message in this book and surprised that mean-spirited bullying, even as retaliation to mean-spirited bullying, would fly in a book these days. Especially one championing anonymous cyber-bullying. Maybe the world has just changed that much since 2004? I fully expected the MC to get in trouble for what he did and he didn't, which shocked me. I'm not a message-type-of-book lover, but when one purports itself to be one (as this one obviously does), the message ought to be a better one than this. Which was too bad- I enjoyed the writing and would think this would otherwise be a great chapter book for boys. Not a message I would want to condone, however...
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April 2, 2011
I really didn't like this book, and not because I'm not a fan of graphic novels. Yes, I guess it was good that Nolan stands up for himself against the bully, Bubba, but he went it about it in some pretty ugly ways, in my opinion. It was like he turned into the bully himself, and he did it in a cowardly way (online, through a newspaper, etc.). This is not the message to send kids. Stand up for yourself in positive ways, or better yet, ignore the bully altogether and you take his/her power away by not give the satisfaction of a reaction. Okay, enough of me on my soapbox... The book's writing and illustrations were pretty good, but I hated the message.
June 15, 2011
Bubba is the school bully. He has awful nicknames for everyone, ruins his classmates' lives, and worse yet, none of the adults have been able to catch him in the act. Hippie Mr. Green gives his class the assignment of creating a newsletter about an aspect of the students' town. For this assignment, Nolan, a real nerd with a goofy fast walk, decides to create a website outing Bubba and his mean feats under the assumed name of "Shredderman."
Even though Bubba is a jerk, I though Nolan was mean, posting mean jokes about Bubba. He could have just posted the video and other Bubba bullying events online to get Bubba in trouble without cyberbullying.
Even though Bubba is a jerk, I though Nolan was mean, posting mean jokes about Bubba. He could have just posted the video and other Bubba bullying events online to get Bubba in trouble without cyberbullying.
October 6, 2014
Shredderman deserves to have its own movie series! Here's why: a small school boy moonlights as a reporter for his website after witnessing the undignified cruelties of the school bully, masquerading as Shredderman, the lone crusader who stands up for the little man (aged 9-13) and defends truth and justice. No one knows but the hippie teacher who figures him out and asks to be his sidekick. This book even has a lesson IF and only IF the daring can find it. Hint: even the villain is not that bad! And anyone, however insignificant-seeming, can do something heroic for someone else. Shred is your fearless leader. He will point the way.
January 8, 2011
This would have ranked higher for me except for one major flaw in the theme for me: it doesn't seem right to encourage children to fight bullying by humiliating the bully. Isn't that bullying? Granted, in this book the teachers and parents were doing nothing to stop the bully, but it still seems like it would have been better for him to take his "evidence" right to a teacher instead of broadcasting it on the web. No wonder the bully didn't really change at the end. Now, the bully has two reasons to be mean- his father AND his classmates. What happened to killing them with kindness?
March 13, 2010
"Nerdy kid gets revenge". Good messages about standing up for yourself and overcoming obstacles by joining together with others. BUT the protagonist makes his point by secretly bringing his camera to school and then (without anyone's permission) uploading images and videos of other students to a public website . Isn't this resolving one form of bullying with another form?
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July 13, 2010
As a former bully victim, I loved it. As an internet safety teacher, I hated it.
July 3, 2011
"Hey, kids! Is someone bullying you at school? Get back at them by cyberbullying them on the Internet!"
December 28, 2008
Is cyber-bullying okay if you use it against a real-life bully?
April 22, 2025
Secret Identity is the first book of a four-book series. It tells the story of Nolan Byrd, a Grade 5 student who saves his school from a bully, Alvin “Bubba” Bixby. He does this by creating a secret identity, called Shredderman. He creates a website using the same name and uses it to expose Bubba’s nasty deeds. Bubba starts to back down a little bit thanks to Nolan, but no one knows that this was because of Nolan. His schoolmates still treat him like a nerd, but they don’t realize that he is the school hero.
This book was released in 2004. I was in Grade 3 when it came out, and we read the entire series as a class project. There was an actual Shredderman.com website at the time. At the time of writing this review, I don’t know if it’s still active as I haven’t looked, but back then, we were encouraged to check this website out. I thought participating in this project was fun. We worked on this project throughout the entire school year, as the final book in the series came out in May of 2005. I have always loved this series, and have actually re-read the entire series multiple times. When I launched my YouTube channel, Northern Reader, Shredderman was the first series I covered. It is doing pretty well on the channel. For those of you that might be reading it for the first time, and may want videos to follow along with, I break my videos down by chapter, and also have a video covering the entire book. There are other videos out there as well, so there is a wide variety of them to check out.
I do believe you will enjoy this series, especially if you are into mystery books. All four books have different stories, all portraying Nolan saving characters from villains or solving mysteries. Each book is slightly longer than the last, but each are more detailed and complex when it comes to the mystery Nolan is working to solve. At the time of writing the review for this book, I don’t know which one is my favourite. I’ll try to decide as I’m writing reviews for each book. Stay tuned for that.
This book was released in 2004. I was in Grade 3 when it came out, and we read the entire series as a class project. There was an actual Shredderman.com website at the time. At the time of writing this review, I don’t know if it’s still active as I haven’t looked, but back then, we were encouraged to check this website out. I thought participating in this project was fun. We worked on this project throughout the entire school year, as the final book in the series came out in May of 2005. I have always loved this series, and have actually re-read the entire series multiple times. When I launched my YouTube channel, Northern Reader, Shredderman was the first series I covered. It is doing pretty well on the channel. For those of you that might be reading it for the first time, and may want videos to follow along with, I break my videos down by chapter, and also have a video covering the entire book. There are other videos out there as well, so there is a wide variety of them to check out.
I do believe you will enjoy this series, especially if you are into mystery books. All four books have different stories, all portraying Nolan saving characters from villains or solving mysteries. Each book is slightly longer than the last, but each are more detailed and complex when it comes to the mystery Nolan is working to solve. At the time of writing the review for this book, I don’t know which one is my favourite. I’ll try to decide as I’m writing reviews for each book. Stay tuned for that.
September 20, 2021
Nolan is a fifth-grader who is one of many being bullied by the school bully, Bubba. Bubba picks on anyone and everyone. Nolan has tried to tell the school, but no one really listens. Bubba seems to get away with it all. So Nolan tries avoidance. One day his teacher assigns a project to the class. Students have to create a newspaper about a person from the community. Nolan has a "great" idea. He will do his project about Bubba and expose him. In the end, he creates a website exposing Bubba under an alias as Shredderman to stay anonymous. As he posts his info calling out Bubba, Nolan gets a little braver and starts standing up for himself to others too.
I like that the school gets involved and Bubba has some consequences (possibly not enough!). However, Nolan's actions could also be considered bullying. He's able to stand up for himself, but at the expense of someone else. The story is amusing and I can see where kids will enjoy the story. I did. It could be a good real aloud with lots of discussion on what was "right," "wrong," and what could be done better. The message could use some work.
I like that the school gets involved and Bubba has some consequences (possibly not enough!). However, Nolan's actions could also be considered bullying. He's able to stand up for himself, but at the expense of someone else. The story is amusing and I can see where kids will enjoy the story. I did. It could be a good real aloud with lots of discussion on what was "right," "wrong," and what could be done better. The message could use some work.
June 13, 2018
This was a cute and quick book with some good morals (in the end). It made me laugh too. I'd be happy for my own kids to pick this up and read it, or to read it with my kids. I'd also be interested to see what Shredderman does in the subsequent books. Now for the harsher side. Nolan is getting bullied and he finally decides that enough is enough and he's going to set things straight. That's all fine and good, we should stand up for ourselves and others, but he launches an anonymous website posting photos and saying mean things about the bully, and I was a little uncomfortable with that. Now, it does get turned around in the end, so that he's encouraged to turn this website into a positive thing. And he begins to see the bully from a different perspective, so he did learn something through this experience. That's what life is about, right?
January 14, 2024
Every school has a bully. Whether it be elementary, middle, junior high or high school. They are always there, lurking around, seeing who they can intimidate.
Such is the case for Nolan Byrd. He’s an average kid with a few quirks that makes him a target for the school’s prime bully, Alvin Bixby, a.k.a. Bubba. Nolan, called Nerd by Bubba, and his classmates would like to do something about this bad boy, but most don’t have a clue or the guts to standup to this hulky brat. That’s about to change.
Nolan’s teacher, Mr. Green, comes up with a project that Nolan soon devices as a way to stealthfully start to get back at Bubba. Nolan creates a secret identity and launches himself full force into getting things on Bubba.
Shredderman becomes the hero of the school and Nolan now feels like a superhero for sure. A great inspiring story of how to handle things when trouble is looming.
Such is the case for Nolan Byrd. He’s an average kid with a few quirks that makes him a target for the school’s prime bully, Alvin Bixby, a.k.a. Bubba. Nolan, called Nerd by Bubba, and his classmates would like to do something about this bad boy, but most don’t have a clue or the guts to standup to this hulky brat. That’s about to change.
Nolan’s teacher, Mr. Green, comes up with a project that Nolan soon devices as a way to stealthfully start to get back at Bubba. Nolan creates a secret identity and launches himself full force into getting things on Bubba.
Shredderman becomes the hero of the school and Nolan now feels like a superhero for sure. A great inspiring story of how to handle things when trouble is looming.
March 12, 2017
I'm torn on this one. Nolan was in a situation where his school did nothing to stop a school bully, but Nolan's response was to cyber-bully the bully. Why does this child have a computer in a closed bedroom, why are the dangers of what he did not talked about? However, for any kid who is bullied, it is nice to see the kid who is bullied gain power and put a stop to it. I liked Nolan's parents even if they should have monitored his computer use. His teacher should have talked more with him about killing the links that were so mean. His principal needed to be more proactive about an anti bullying stance.
April 28, 2021
Bubba Bixby is a bully. He calls everyone names, steals their stuff, and has really bad breath. Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd has been nicknamed, Nerd. Nolan has a lot on his mind, he doesn’t worry if his socks are outside his pants, or that his hair is sticking out on one side of his head…again. What Nolan does worry about is if his plan to become a cyber-superhero will work. His Shredderman.com website is dedicated to exposing Bubba’s pranks and actions. Will Shredderman succeed. Van Draanen creates a recognizable character that intermediate readers, especially boys, will relate to.
June 12, 2021
I remember eating this book up as a kid, but as an adult cleaning out my old bookshelf, I have a bit more trouble taking vindictive pleasure from the downfall of a fifth-grader. I think the messaging got a bit straighter at the end, and Shredderman became a force for justice instead of vengeance. Still, heroes show mercy, and I wish book one had emphasized more of that.
But I also remember reading it, so I'm sure that kids are smart enough not to let their anti-bullying strategy to be influenced by this fun power-trip of a book.
But I also remember reading it, so I'm sure that kids are smart enough not to let their anti-bullying strategy to be influenced by this fun power-trip of a book.
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