Get Real #8: Girl Reporter Bytes Back!

Get Real #8

by Linda Ellerbee (Contributor)

Girl Reporter Tracks Hack Casey Smith, girl reporter extraordinaire, gets online for a hot story when an auction at Trumbull Middle School turns up a case of fraud. Someone's peddling fake goods over the Web. But busting this case open is coing to take major brainpower, lots of savvy -- and more megabytes than Casey's memory can store.

Can an eleven-year-old girl snag a thief by pointing and clicking? Get real

Genres: Middle Grade

Unknown Binding

First published November 16, 2010

About the author

Linda Ellerbee (born Linda Jane Smith) is a journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington (DC) correspondent, and reporter and co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, which was recognized by the duPont Columbia Awards as "the best written and most intelligent news program ever."

Ms. Ellerbee's production company, Lucky Ducky Productions, has earned a reputation as a supplier of outstanding children's programming for network, syndication, cable, and public television. Originally from Texas, Ms. Ellerbee now divides her time between New York City and western Massachusetts.

Reviews

[kb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been wondering when Linda Ellerbee was going to make the Internet a problem for badass girl reporter Casey Smith—I mean, look at her going, strengthening family ties and friendships via email since Book 1—so it was a whooping moment when I found out the last book in the series was about blogs, chat rooms, scamming, pornography, e-commerce, and all things webby! I found it awesome how this book from a more than a decade ago was able to somehow foretell the good and evil ways of the Internet today, and told a story that was not at all preachy, but was informative, at times suspenseful and most of all, fun. (I expect no less from Casey Smith adventures, really.)