Hacker

by Malorie Blackman

When Vicky's father is arrested, accusd of stealing over a million pounds from the abnk where he work, 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's the best hacker in the world, will she find the real thief before they find her?

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Mystery, Contemporary, Middle Grade, Adventure

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 1992

About the author

An award-winning children's author, Malorie Blackman was honoured with an OBE in 2008. Her work has been adapted for TV and stage.

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Reviews

[✿☺☠♥LILLY♥☺☠✿ · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG, THAT WAS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hacker opens with Vicky and the rest of her Year 8 class (including her adopted brother Gib and his annoying friend Chaucy) waiting to take a Maths exam. Inside the exam hall Vicky notices several people cheating, including her friend Maggie. Vicky has a programmable calculator, and writes a programme to work out interior and exterior angles and areas of shapes. Unfortunately since she finishes her exam in 20 minutes instead of two hours, her teacher assumes that she is the hacker that stole the Maths exam. She is given a letter by the head teacher to take home.

However, on returning home, she and Gib discover that something far more serious than cheating at an exam is concerning her parents. Her dad has been accused of transferring one million pounds from the bank where he works to his own account. Vicky and Gib set out to prove his innocence by hacking into the bank; however this puts Vicky in terrible danger from the real thief.

I loved this book. Not only is it a thrilling adventure, but Vicky and Gib's relationship is very believable, as is the ebb and flow of "tween" friendships. Vicky is mixed race, as is her adopted dad, and the detail of her darker skin making her feel as though she doesn't quite belong to the rest of her family rings very true. Identity and ethnicity are not the most important aspects of this book, but it is great to see that the problems needing to be solved in this story. And as children pick up the ideas of "girls' subjects" and "boys' subjects" so early, it is very positive to have a book aimed at 8+ featuring a girl computer programmer! It is unfortunate that the computing aspects of this book have dated, but I would hope that the thriller plotline and believable characters would carry young readers through.

[Puppy_Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

*spoiler alert*

I am going to admit it wasn’t exactly what I expected but still a good book.

My favourite bit is towards the start. It is just as I imagined, with the mother sitting with the children and telling then the news, it filled me with sympathy when I thought how it happened to a regular family.

Although I did try, I found it quite hard to feel a connection with the characters. I did feel sorry for them, but no connection. I feel as well as the main character trying to prove her Dad’s innocence she also learned how to fit in with her family.

I think the blurb makes it seem the Dad is in prison and I assumed it was for murder or something, but the truth is he went to trial and came home, although he was going to have his trial later and maybe put in prison. At the end of the book, it becomes evident that he wouldn’t have even gone to prison, as the people that actually did it said they would ensure that didn’t happen.

Overall, I thought it was a pretty good book and would recommend it to anyone who wants an easy read - as I read it in a day.

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[Richard Tubb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although this is a book aimed at teenagers, I'm a sucker for any writing on the subject of hacking (blame the movie "Wargames") and so got stuck in to this.

The story is about a young girl, adopted after her parents die, and who's adopted father has been wrongly accused of electronically stealing money from the bank he works at.

The girl proceeds to try to clear his name, with plenty of shenanigans along the way.

There are some touching moments with the lead character wrestling with her adoption, her place in her new family and her friends too. Much teen angst, but well written.

I enjoyed this book. It was a good reminder of computing in my younger days!

[Julie Reynolds · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the second Malorie Blackman book I have read. Great thriller for teens. Superb. Highly recommend for adults for a fun thriller too. 😊

[16avvintil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hacker is a book written by Malorie Blackman and is within the crime genre.
In the book there are two main characters who are Victoria and Gib and are brother and sister
Their Dad has been accused of transferring a million pounds to his bank account and Victoria is convinced that her dad would never do such a thing so she perseveres to prove that it was not her dad.
During the end of the book Victoria and Gib come to a conclusion that it was her “Aunt Beth” (not her real aunt) had been the one to transfer the money. This is due to her suspiciously locking up Victoria in her basement.
By the end of the book it is found out that Beth had stolen 7 million from the bank (she worked there as a programmer) and put all that money into buying jewellery and selling it in Brazil.
She later gets arrested alongside her partner Sebastian and Victoria and Gibs Dads name is cleared.

[Farah Morsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book and such an amazing story!
I got taught a great life lesson from it- that Patience is great and to never trust everyone!
Also, I learnt more vocab. :)
Thank you to the amazing writer Malorie Blackman, Im looking forward to read more of her books.

[Selene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing and Malorie Blackman inspires me a lot. This book had a surprising twist to it that made me even doubt my own family just like pretty little liars and prison break.

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Plot

This book follows Vicky and her Step-Brother, Gib, as they try to clear their Dad's name - the bank he works for accuses him of stealing one million pounds. One of the recurring themes of the book is Vicky using her skills in computing, which she has developed thanks to her father, so she can solve the problems that are thrown at her.

Main Review

This book is good but that is essentially it. I did enjoy the plot, however, with the question of:

"What if you had to become a criminal to clear your Dad's name?"
- found on the cover of the 2022 Corgi edition of Hacker by Malorie Blackman

being an interesting one. The Characters are alright and, to be fair, this is just a children's book. The same can be said for the atmosphere. I found the logic to be a little bit off, but there was never anything too flawed that ruined the book. Overall I would recommend it to people between the age of 7-10 unless you just want an easy quick read.

[Alex Horsewell · Rating 3 out of 5]

HEY! It's true I LOVE Malorie Blackman's books (just read my 2016 top ten) and I really did enjoy this book, however, it wasn't one of her best works.

This was first published in 1992 meaning its an earlier one, published 9 years before black and white (the first noughts and crosses book). When this was written she was a relatively new writer, when it came to popularity.

The reason this only got three and a half was because the story didn't start to get exciting until the end 80 pages. It felt like there was a 150 page beginning a 60 page middle and a twenty-page end.

I have to say wow, though. The amount of research Malorie must have done is INCREDIBLE, this book was almost a course in computer science.

The end was a shock. I did not expect that the way.
SPOILER:
Sebastian and Beth turned on them and turned out to be evil people. I really hated them at the end of reading this book. They were very well written characters.

I recommend this book to anyone from age 9 - 11

[Adam N. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Melinda A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

ʜᴇʟʟᴏ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ?, ɪ'ʟʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ( ᴄᴏɴʟᴇʏᴊʙᴇᴇꜱᴘʏ606@ɢᴍᴀɪʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ), ꜱᴏ ꜱᴀᴅ 😞💔 ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱᴘᴀɪɴ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʙᴜꜱɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʀɪᴘ, ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀʀɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍʏ ᴡɪꜰᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜱᴛᴜꜰꜰ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴏɴᴇ, ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴀɴʏʙᴏᴅʏ ꜱᴏ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ, ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ (ᴄᴏɴʟᴇʏᴊʙᴇᴇꜱᴘʏ606@ɢᴍᴀɪʟ.ᴄᴏᴍ) ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ, ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟʟᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ɪ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ-ʟᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴍᴇ, ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱᴀᴘᴘ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ɪ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟꜱ ᴀ ʟɪᴇ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ +44 7456 058620 ᴏʀ ꜱᴇɴᴅ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴀɪʟ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʜᴀᴄᴋᴇʀ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʀᴇɢɪꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ʜᴇ ꜰʙɪ

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

5.5/10

Hacker is a great cyber mystery novel that's perfect for children and young readers. I can easily see a child pick this up and become curious about the world of programming and computer systems. With simple but effective descriptions of how certain commands and programs work, as well as displaying real code. There's also a neat mystery, that turned and twisted as it went along.

My main gripe was that the first half of the book goes a semi-slow pace. While I understand that was to give a reader time to understand the complexity of a banking system, it did make the pace drag at points, only picking up once our characters got some new info, before dragging again. Though, it doesn't stay this way. Especially the last third of the book, where the story steps up a gear and becomes more entertaining.

All in all, its a decent novel that I think most kids would have a good time reading