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In Search of Scum (Cyber.Kdz Series , No 1)
Published in Paperback by Avon (April, 1997)
Author: Bruce Balan
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The best kid/hacker series i have ever read!
The best kid/hacker (no, not the dudes who vanadlize) series i have ever seen! bruce ballan rocks!!

This is AWESOME!!!
This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is filled with action, has a great story line, and developes charactors really well. I would highly recomend it to anyone who is into hi-tech mysteries and internet stuff.

Jeremy

Awesome Series
This series contains the best books you will ever read. I love them because they are all about kids on computers, like me! I just love this series and I recommend that you buy every single one because these are great, edge-of-seat books!!!


Great Nasa Flu
Published in Unknown Binding by Bt Bound (October, 1999)
Author: Bruce Balan
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The Great NASA Flu (Cyber.Kdz, No. 3)
Wow! This book is great! It combines two great subjects NASA and Computers! This book inspired me to use computers, and learn C++ programing! I think children ages 8-13 would enjoy this book very much.

Deed. is at Kennedy Space Center and destroys a virus.
This book is great! I bought this book and have read it at least 50 times

How it all began.
Cyber.kdz #3 is really number one. This is the book where we learn how the cyber kids met and live their first adventure together. Deeder is the first cyber kid and the secret club forms as a means to clear his father of suspicion in a new AI program that went all wrong and scrubbed a big NASA shuttle launch. Deeder's clumsy approach to Josh and Paul by anonymous email is funny. They both think Deeder is some kind of spooky weirdo. It is through the efforts of Tereza that ... well, read the book ... you'll understand! And, HEY!!, it's really good.


Blackout in the Amazon
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (October, 1999)
Author: Bruce Balan
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Talk about sending email the hard way.
Tereza invites Josh to spend vacation with her in a Amazon nature camp. Josh - at first reluctant - becomes super eager when he discovers that the best eclipse in years is also best viewed from the Amazon. So he goes busto to get himself to the Amazon - like work at a fish shop in Seattle to raise the money. Josh super hates fish. Well, the nature camp is cool but the loggers aren't. Someone is stealing endangered trees.Tereza is suspicius and so is an American science reporter they team up with. Before Tereza and Josh quite realize it - they've been kidnapped.

Cyber kids to the rescue ... but in a pretty neat and cool way. You see, the science reporter is out cold but she has some nifty equipment that gets Josh on the Internet from the ... Hey, I'm not going to tell you the whole story but it is one neat adventure.

Greatest book.
I thought this Cyber.kdz book was better than all the Cyber.kdz books put together. In this one Josh and Tereza actually met each other. This one also has more action and adventure. This is the most exciting Cyber.kdz book. While traveling on the Amazon, Josh says he sees a smuggler's ship. Then him and Tereza go to police but the officer just gives them candy. So they see Marisa, a reporter that's coming to see the eclipse over the Amazon River. But then the smugglers catch them and throw them in a ship. To find out what happens read the book.

Great!
I may be a computer nerd, but this book is great! The Kids get to actually meet each other! I hope that the 6th one is good!


Buoy: Home at Sea
Published in Hardcover by Delacorte Press (May, 1998)
Authors: Bruce Balan and Raul Colon
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A sweet story of friendship at sea
This book is especially recommended for people who live near the sea. I loved the quiet, sweet interactions between the sea animals, and the soft beauty of the book.

This book is poetic, witty, thought-provoking - for all ages
If you love the natural world of the ocean and you want to experience its life and beauty and unexpected activity in a new way, in a truly poetic and thoughtful and witty and eye-opening way, read Buoy. Read it to yourself, and read it to your children.

As beautifully but simply written as a prose poem.
Reminiscent of Hemingway's, The Old Man and the Sea, due to the simple but eloquent writing. This short book has a rhythm to both the story and the prose which adds to the meaning and will enchant readers of all ages. Best of all, I can imagine this story of a buoy, gull and seal--each with definite personality--being read aloud and enjoyed by an adult. My purchase of this 9-12 age story was for an adult who loves ships and studies oceans and can re-experience the wonder of the sea and its creatures from a unique slant. The book covers all faces of the ocean environment without being cute or corny and the low-key illustrations add to the quiet but moving tone. Highly recommended a la other small classics. Great for a family gift.


In Pursuit of Picasso
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (October, 1999)
Author: Bruce Balan
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One of the best books I've ever read!
It all starts when Loren tells the Cyber.kdz about her great-uncle who, supposedly, was an art theft. Three of the Cyber.kdz chat with Steve Roberts, a man riding a bike with four computers and more high-tech stuff across Europe. Coincidently, he is heading towards Paris, so he goes to get the stolen pictures until he gets tied up to his bike and . . . . You have to read the book to find out the rest. If you have anything questions about the book e-mail me.

One cool bike ...
The mystery is all about recovering lost art works thought stolen by the Nazis 60 years ago. But, the neat part of the story is Steve's cool bike BEHEMOTH which has everything including 6 computers one of which is a SPARCstation. Some cool bike.

And, of course, the cool bike is what attracts the Cyber Kdz to Steve. Loren wants to clear his Great-Uncle of the stigma of being a Nazi sympathizer. Loren's certain that his Great-Uncle was trying to hide great paintings and not loot them. With the help of the Cyber kdz, and a great chase scene involving BEHEMOTH things work out pretty well ...

One-word-book
This book can only be described as excellent. It started with Loren and his family eating dinner and then his father says that he dosn't want to hear about Loren's uncle, Pierre Jouet, the supposedly art thief. Tereza has an idea of helping Loren prove his uncle's innoncence. He goes to Michael's office and steals the letter of his uncle. It turns out to be an anagram so they use Steve Roberts, a Technomad to apprehend the 11 paintings. But someone's causing himm trouble...To find out what happens ...READ THE BOOK. Oh, it's also funny at the end where Steve's Technobike gets rammed into the wall and when they're crossing the one way street.


A Picture's Worth (Cyber.Kdz, No 2)
Published in Paperback by Camelot (April, 1997)
Author: Bruce Balan
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A great series...too bad they're out of print!
Becky is going through a period of insecurity about her looks and is finding life hard enough...but when her teacher gives her an F in history though she's the best in the class, Becky thinks his threat to fail the whole class wasn't a joke after all. However, with some coaching from her international friends, the Cyber.kdz, Becky decides that someone tampered with the grades database. With a bit of detective work, can Becky and her friends catch a hacker? This is well-detailed, with really fun computer transcripts too. I wish these were available more than they are - I really enjoyed them!

Commander X just about blows Becky's cover ...
Commander X (aka Paul) just about blows Becky's cover as his finger jabs at the SEND button. In a split second, he shifts to DELETE and saves Becky from humiliation. You see Becky doesn't like the way she looks and doesn't want the other cyber kids to see the real her. She has posted the picture of Kim - her bestfriend - to Loren's cyber kids annual. But the deception could cost Becky more than embarrassment ... Becky's lack of self-confidence at her new school has made her easy prey for some nasty kids who've broken into the school's computer system. They have changed Becky's grades. And the cyber kids -who don't care about the outside but the inside especially the inside of computers - help Becky to capture the little creeps. The story really moves ... read this all in one night!

Interesting.
I thought this book was very interesting. It talks about how Becky is embarassed about being fat so she sends the picture of her best friend, Kim to the other kdzs because Kim is better looking than her. The Kdzs are making a yearbook. But Becky gets an *F* on her report card for history even though history is her best subject. I think it's stupid that Jenny and Brad Sloat got away with changing the grades. I personally thinks she should have called Jenny a clueless blond and then punch her in the face.


When the Chips Are Down
Published in Library Binding by Bt Bound (October, 1999)
Author: Bruce Balan
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Great book for computer obsessives ...
Cyber kdz kid Sanjeev finds himself a reluctant stowaway with his kid-sister Sarita on a posh cruise ship. But, it isn't Sanjeev who's in trouble. Sarita was kidnapped. And, the kidnappers are microchip smugglers as Sanjeev quickly finds out.

But, Sanjeev needs the Cyber Kdz who are located around the world to give him a hand in pinpointing the smugglers and ... (well, you'll have to read the story.)

The neat parts are a) Sanjeev's crashing the ship's network and getting Sarita and himself booked into a first-class cabin and b) Deeder's crashing the ship's maitainance and safety servers to cause all sorts of funny confusion.

Good book

Sanjeev and the Kids crack another hi-tech mystery.
Sanjeev's sister, Sarita, has run away because she loves a man who her parents do not like. Sanj tracks her down aboard the Star of Asia, where her boyfriend is a crewman. They accidentally spend too much time aboard the ship, it starts to move! Sanj and Sarita are going on a cruise! Sanj decides to book them into a first-class room to enjoy their accidental vacation. After a more extensive search of the ship, they don't find Sarita's boyfriend. But they do find a huge smuggling ring involving over 15,000,000 dollars worth of computer chips. Can Sanj and the Kids, with their proven reputation to stop crimes, catch the crooks before the crew catches on?


The Balloon Man
Published in School & Library Binding by Simon & Schuster (Juv) (September, 2003)
Authors: Bruce Balan and Dan Andreasen
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Boya - Un Hogar En El Mar
Published in Paperback by Grupo Zeta (April, 1999)
Author: Bruce Balan
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The Cherry Migration
Published in Hardcover by Simon & Schuster (Juv) (June, 1988)
Authors: Bruce Balan, Dan Lane, and Daniel Lane
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