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Title: The Friendship Code
Subtitle: Girls Who Code, Book 1
Author: Stacia Deutsch, Reshma Saujani - foreword
Narrator: Sisi A. Johnson, Reshma Saujani
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-22-17
Publisher: Listening Library
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Perfect for fans of The Babysitters Club and anyone interested in computer science, this series is published in partnership with the organization Girls Who Code!
Loops, variables, input/output - Lucy can't wait to get started with the new coding club at school. Finally, an after school activity that she's really interested in. But Lucy's excitement turns to disappointment when she's put into a work group with girls she barely knows. All she wanted to do was make an app that she believes will help someone very special to her.
Suddenly Lucy begins to get cryptic coding messages and needs some help translating them. She soon discovers that coding - and friendship - takes time, dedication, and some laughs!
Members Reviews:
Grandchild approved
Granddaughter age 10 really enjoyed this book.
A must read
Another awesome book in the Girls Who Code series!
Friendship Code Computes
The first in the Girls Who Code chapter book series, The Friendship Code introduces readers to the basics of coding while also showing how friendships can grow between people with similar interests. The four girls featured on the cover of the book are very different. They are from various ethnic backgrounds, two different grade levels, and all have different strengths. Sophia is great at sports, Maya writes a fashion advice column, while Erin is great at acting/singing/dancing. Lucy is the protagonist that we follow throughout the narrative, and she has joined the coding club at school to create an app that will help her uncle, who has cancer. But all the students in the club are frustrated when their first meeting seems to be all about how to make a peanut butter sandwich. It takes a while for the kids to see that the teacher is helping them learn the basics like input, output, variables, and loops through unplugged activities. As they work through various assignments, they also learn to form friendships and help each other out.
For readers who enjoy stories about school and friendship, this has plenty of those elements to satisfy. And for those interested in coding, it is a good introduction to the basics as they read about Lucy's group and their attempts to figure out the point of all the activities. Great for grades 2-5.
A great first step into making coding a normal part of the world for girls
The motivation behind this book is near and dear to me, so I had high expectations. Generally speaking, they were met. The diverse cast is not forced and the characters feel relatable. The pace of the story was good and the reading level is appropriate. The reason for the 4-stars only is that there are some errors in the book, unfortunately, related to sections dealing with code. Be mindful of these with younger readers so they don't get confused. Attempting to write these a bit spoiler free: error 1) the second section of the hints offered in chapter five and the resolution of that hint in chapter 6 - there's a slight change regarding colour that is actually an error (it should be the same colour in both instances to be 'code correct') and 2) Lucy's final 'code' message to Erin in chapter 11 and Erin's response have another mismatch - the variable names.
