| Booktalk
#1
There he is again. Bubba.
He's the biggest, baddest bully you ever met. He's been a bully forever.
And it's not just Nolan who is the target. It is just about anybody
Bubba comes in contact with. Nolan wishes he could somehow stop Bubba.
He and his parents have talked to the teachers. They've talked to
the principal. But nothing seems to work. Until Nolan gets
an idea. A marvelous idea. Taking on a secret identity, he sets up
a web page and exposes Bubba for what he is. Do you think this will
work?
Booktalk #2
Fifth grader Nolan, dubbed
“Nerd” by the school bully Bubba Bixby, decides to put Bubba in his place
with the birth of Shredderman.com. Nolan becomes a sleuth detective
as he secretly photographs Bubba’s cruel and destructive antics with his
digital camera. Nolan downloads the crime in action onto his website.
Bubba’s tormenting ways are exposed for all to see. As Nolan grows more
daring, so does his fear of being discovered by Bubba. What will happen
next? Will his secret identity be revealed? (New
Hampshire Great Stone Face committee, 2005-2006)
Booktalk #3
Isn’t
it bad enough that Nolan Byrd’s last name rhymes with “Nerd”? This fifth
grade math whiz can’t seem to avoid Bubba Bixby, the school bully and the
bane of all his classmates. Bubba lies, cheats, steals, bullies, and cuts
in line, all behind the teachers’ backs. Even Mr. Green, Nolan’s usually
supportive teacher, doesn’t realize Bubba’s true impact on the rest of
the students. Mr. Green frequently exclaims to Nolan (as Nolan answers
yet another math question with ease and speed), “You shred, man!” and tells
his students to speak up about injustices. For Nolan to speak up about
Bubba and not get pounded, he would have to be a superhero! Hey, THAT’S
IT! He will become a superhero! Using all his computer and digital know
how, he takes pictures of Bubba in action and posts them on his new, anonymous
website: Shredderman.com. Join the fun and see how this meek student succeeds
(or not), in this, the first of a new series by the author of the Sammy
Keyes mysteries. (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2005-2006)
Booktalk
#4
An
entertaining, laugh-out-loud story of meek and brainy Nolan Byrd, who is
being terrorized by the larger than life bully Alvin "Bubba" Bixby. Nolan
decides to fight back by using his intelligence and technology. He creates
an alter ego named "Shredderman" who cuts Bubba down to size by using a
clever web site exposing the bully's cruel tricks. Black-eyed
Susan Award nominee 2005-2006 |
