Computer crime hits the High School, and the prime suspect is a...teacher! Hacker and Cole, computer whizz and football star, have to find out who's behind the mess...that's before the football team breaks them in two...Books aren't your thing? Don't worry. You just haven't read the right ones yet. These books are 'page-turners'. Whether they are funny or exciting, or emotional, they are all about believable people. This isn't Hogwarts, it's the real world. They are designed, first and foremost, to be really enjoyable - great stories that will have you hooked from the first page and won't let up - or let you down - until you've finished. Basically, they don't muck about: they start off gripping, and keep up with the action until the very last page. The books have everything from trappings, snow disasters, Arctic strandings, bullies, mystical horses, hackers, missing kids, juvenile prison, death-defying crashes, ghosts, divorce, hold-ups, death and honour, street gangs, drugs, intense sport...you name it. So whatever your 'flava', we have something to tickle your fancy. Pick one up and enjoy the ride...

 

This book is part of a book series called High Interest Teenage .

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2007 by Robinswood Press .

Paul Kropp is the author of many popular novels for young people. His work includes six award-winning young adult novels, many high-interest novels, as well as writing for adults and younger children. Mr. Kropp's most popular novels for young adults, 'Moonkid and Prometheus' and 'Moonkid and Liberty', have been translated into German, Danish, French, Portuguese and two dialects of Spanish. They have won awards across the globe. Paul Kropp lives in an 1889 town-house in Toronto's Cabbagetown district with his wife Lori and is a popular speaker for teachers and librarians on issues related to reading. Alex Kropp is the author of a number of short stories and non-fiction works used by publishers such as Scholastic in their educational programmes. He has also designed several workbooks, and written the activity-book materials for CBC's Mr. Dressup project. Alex became interested in computers from a young age, playing games on an ancient Atari 800 and then programming in Windows using Basic and C languages. He took his diploma as a systems analyst from Seneca College and now works for IBM in Toronto, Canada. 'Hacker' is his first full-length novel. In this book, he was able to combine his knowledge of computer systems with his love of writing.

This book has the following chapters: Chapter One: A Nasty Surprise, Chapter Two: Missing Three Grand, Chapter Three: Better for My Health, Chapter Four: Fingerprints at the Library, Chapter Five: Waiting for the Other Hacker to Hack, Chapter Six: Somebody Gets Caught, Chapter Seven: Cole Gets a Brainwave, Chapter Eight: Three Hackers, Chapter Nine: A Threat or a Promise?, Chapter Ten: Layton to the Rescue, Chapter Eleven: No One Is Perfect.