The Checkmate Hero
Bryan Matthews, tall, gangly, and shy, teamed up with
Jimmy Garcia, the short, class comedian, to start a
computer club at their junior high school. They named
themselves the Brain Trust Computer Club, but the
rest of the kids in school call them the Brainiacs.
Brainiacs. Bryan hates the nickname because he knows the jocks and cool guys — like Jake, his neighbor and ex-best friend — are mocking him for being smart. But then the cutest girl in school, Jennifer Kerwin, needs help — Brainiac help, and suddenly Bryan and Jimmy are caught up in a swirl of mystery and danger.
And now only two kids stand in the way of international spies who plan to steal our nation’s greatest military secret. The spies just never realized those kids were Brainiacs.