The Villain Virus / Michael Buckley / 259 pages

Book 4 in the N.E.R.D.S. series features Julio "Flinch" Escala who due to his hyperactivity is superfast and superstrong.  In this book Julio gets his first chance to serve in a leadership role for the team of super spies who have graduated to Middle School.  Readers will follow Julio as he struggles to deal with his new role and combat the "villain virus" that is infecting the entire world including the team, his family and his neighborhood.  Buckley's books are full of humor, action, weird characters and little nuggets of truth about humans!  The book designer does an excellent job of integrating artwork that reading about our favorite superheroes lots of fun. There's a librarian superhero character so that alone means kids should read the book!  Recommended for grades 4-7.