The Checkmate Hero

They teased him for being smart, but now they need a hero.

Bryan Matthews, tall, gangly, and shy teamed up with Jimmy Garcia, the short class comedian, to start a computer club at their middle school. They named themselves The Brain Trust Computer Club, but the kids at school just call then the Brainiacs.

Brainiacs. Bryan hates the nickname because he knows the cool kids – 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.

At the end only two kids stand in the way of spies who plan to steal our nation's greatest military secret. The spies, though, just don't realize those two kids were Brainiacs.