Get Real #6: Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real (Avon Paperback)) [Paperback]

Linda Ellerbee (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Get Real (Avon Paperback)

As students gear up for student government elections at Trumbull Middle School, Casey Smith, awesome girl reporter, is on the scene to document the madnes. She's got a new video camera and a list of questions. Why do the "popular" kids always get elected? What would it take to make students care about their vote? An election scandal at Trumbull? Get real!

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Metal detectors in middle school? Hidden video cameras in the hallways? Get real! Casey Smith, girl reporter, has a tingling sensation in her nose that can mean only one thing: she's on to a hot news story. Shouldn't the students have a say in a decision like this? And while she's at it, what's up with the student popularity contest--uh, that is, student election? As Trumbull Middle School gears up for student council elections, Casey decides to insert a little substance into the process. And with someone apparently sabotaging the campaign, the metal detector issue heating up, and the debate about popularity raging, Casey has her work cut out for her.

As always, this passionate sixth-grade journalist is ready to dive headfirst into the important issues of the day, whether it's a budget reduction for the school paper or school violence. Her sometimes squirmy self-scrutiny will ring true for any child who sometimes feels like an outsider--which includes just about everyone. Award-winning author Linda Ellerbee, creator of the Get Real series, including Girl Reporter Blows Lid Off Town and Girl Reporter Snags Crush, is also the producer and host of the Emmy Award-winning Nick News TV series. Her light, humorous touch and attention to topics highly relevant to teens and preteens today make the Get Real series a real winner. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author

Linda Ellerbee is herself a girl reporter extraordinaire. She is the producer and host of Nick News, the Emmy award-winning children's TV series on Nickelodeon. About Casey Linda says, "A haunted cemetery?Monsters? Zombies?Or an 11-year-old Casey determined to find the truth?Who's the scariest?Casey, of course.That's why I like her."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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (November 7, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064407608
• ISBN-13: 978-0064407601
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,364,948 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best in the series! Themes expertly woven together, December 28, 2000

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Amazon reviewer "areaderinco" (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Real #6: Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real (Avon Paperback)) (Paperback)

This Get Real is the best of all. Ellerbee weaves together themes like popularity and intelligence with school elections and school violence and vandalism vs. safety vs. freedom. Perfect!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And So It's Goes On..., November 24, 2000

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Mike Smith (Tonkawa, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Real #6: Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real (Avon Paperback)) (Paperback)

Once again, Linda Ellerbee did again! With another one coming out in a couple of months, she shown us that she is the underdog in the celebrity children book market! BRAVO!

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational and great fun..., September 1, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Get Real #6: Girl Reporter Rocks Polls! (Get Real (Avon Paperback)) (Paperback)

I am also a young journalist, and I work for my school newspaper. I try my best to be a good newspaper-woman, and I love what I do! This books really help me a lot, as I also experience, much of what Casey and Megan do, but not that extreme. These books are funny, interesting, and well-written. I LOVE them! THey are so inpirational to me as a young journalist, and i hope other people like them as well. Thanks! Books I reccomend: Half Magic, Girl Reporter Blows Lid Off Town, Gentelmen Prefer Blondes, Nancy Drew, and Agatha Christie