As the new boy at Sherman Junior High, Michael isn't looking for trouble, but trouble finds him anyway. Theo Vee, boy genius, enlists him in his quest to rid Sherman - once and for all - of Jeffery Pratt, a menacing bully. Together, the boys fashion junk into a "wrecker," a machine a little bigger than a golf ball, designed by Theo to wreck Jeffrey's mind and soul. This brief and deceptively simple story accurately portrays the desperation felt by those who are bullied - and the bullies themselves.
