tech it was a pretty easy gig for her and she found plenty to write about Around school Bridget had a reputation for being on top of all the new tech gadgets Some people even called her by the nickname Bridget Gadget Bridget’s blog posts covered a variety of topics She had reviewed tech gadgets fresh on the market shared new cheats for games pointed out flaws in products and made suggestions for better designs and written about how tech impacted the daily lives of Blue Lake Junior High kids She had other club members contribute too Bridget thought she had made sure a lot of interesting things were posted on the blog so Trevor’s text surprised her It also worried Bridget Ms Yang their tech ed teacher and club adviser had entered Tech Club’s blog into a statewide contest for the Junior High School Blog Award Judges for the contest would review blogs created by junior high school clubs and organizations all across the state The Tech Club blog had already made it past the first round And soon the winners would be selected The winning club would receive 1,000 for club activities including outreach and education 6
So everything needed to be perfect with the blog Everyone in Tech Club really wanted to win the contest With the prize money the club could purchase more equipment and even bring in computer engineers to teach about new technologies So now everyone in Tech Club especially Trevor was questioning Bridget’s work on the blog and doubting her technology expertise Before she could write Trevor back he’d sent her another text Need 2 intro hot new gadget 4 nxt post Maybe by Monday Include pics or vid k The pressure was just too much She understood they had to draw in more readers but how could she find a hot new gadget before Monday She had been worrying about it all weekend Plus Trevor’s text annoyed her Was he questioning how much she knew about the latest tech It certainly sounded that way Everyone at school knew Bridget had the inside scoop on the tech world because her dad was Nick Grant president of Lingo a local tech company Bridget often got tech product 7
information straight from the source If there were any hot new gadgets out there Bridget would be one of the first to know about them and write about them and Trevor should certainly know that Bridget was motivated to prove to Trevor and everyone else in Tech Club that she was still the techie expert at Blue Lake Junior High She’d write a great blog post and their blog would win that award That would be enough to dismiss any doubters But the only way to do that was to find the hot new tech gadget Trevor wanted and blog about it That was why Bridget was tiptoeing into her dad’s office Sunday morning She knew her dad had been working on a new project and she knew it was a big one He showed all his usual signs he’d been checking his texts and emails constantly he’d stop in midsentence when he got a text from someone at Lingo and he’d been working from Lingo’s headquarters more often than from home for the past few weeks By now Bridget knew all these signs by heart Something huge was coming and Bridget had to figure out what it was Her reputation depended on it 8
Unfortunately Bridget’s dad never told her about the projects he was working on until they were completed and scheduled to be released That meant she had no choice but to figure it out on her own As Bridget looked around her dad’s office she realized that this wasn’t going to be easy This new project must really have him fazed she thought His office was messier than usual Papers and cords were scattered around the room Spare monitors were piled up in a corner Something was in the works for sure Maybe something big Really big 9
