Girl Reporter Bytes Back!

Get Real #8

by Linda Ellerbee

School newspaper reporter Casey Smith tries to uncover who's behind the counterfeit Alienhead toys being auctioned on the Real News website, and also discovers there are good and bad aspects of Internet filtering.

Genres: Middle Grade

176 pages, Paperback

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.)