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Hacker

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hacker
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Malorie Blackman
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780552551649
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Corgi Childrens
Publication Date 5 February 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Hacker is a real page-turner for younger readers from the author of the bestselling Noughts and Crosses sequence. MESSAGE- This is the system operator. Who is using this account? Please identify yourself . . . When Vicky's father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works, she is determined to prove his innocence. But how? There's only one way - to attempt to break into the bank's computer files. Even if Vicky is the best hacker in the world, will she find the real thief before they find her?

Author Biography

MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children's Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature. She has been described by The Times as 'a national treasure'. Malorie Blackman was the Children's Laureate 2013-15.

Reviews

Refreshingly new . . . Malorie Blackman writes with such winsome vitality * Daily Telegraph * A page-turner * Sunday Express * Accept the expertise and race along with the plot * Observer *