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    Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done

    By Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser

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    A New York Public Library Best Book of 2017

    Perfect for aspiring coders everywhere, Girl Code is the story of two teenage tech phenoms who met at Girls Who Code summer camp, teamed up to create a viral video game, and ended up becoming world famous. The book also includes bonus content to help you start coding! 

    Fans of funny and inspiring books like Maya Van Wagenen’s Popular and Caroline Paul’s Gutsy Girl will love hearing about Andrea “Andy” Gonzales and Sophie Houser’s journey from average teens to powerhouses.

    Through the success of their video game, Andy and Sophie got unprecedented access to some of the biggest start-ups and tech companies, and now they’re sharing what they’ve seen. Their video game and their commitment to inspiring young women have been covered by the Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, CNN, Teen Vogue, Jezebel, the Today show, and many more.

    Get ready for an inside look at the tech industry, the true power of coding, and some of the amazing women who are shaping the world. Andy and Sophie reveal not only what they’ve learned about opportunities in science and technology but also the true value of discovering your own voice and creativity.

    A Junior Library Guild selection

    A Children's Book Council Best STEM Trade Book for Students K-12

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 7, 2017
    ISBN9780062472489
    Author

    Andrea Gonzales

    Andrea “Andy” Gonzales is a graduate of Hunter College High School and is now attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Robertson Scholar. The summer before her freshman year of high school, Andy started learning to code. Since then, she’s been passionate about computer science and women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). When Andy attended Girls Who Code, she learned the power of working with other girls, and that led to the creation of the video game Tampon Run, which she co-built with Sophie Houser. Tampon Run’s success exceeded all expectations, and Andy was thrown into a world outside of her high school. Beyond her passion for computer science, Andy is a music, comic book, and video game enthusiast. She looks forward to remaining an active advocate for women in computer science.

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    • 4/5
      At first I was startled by the name of the game in the book, "Tampon Run." It began to make sense, though, as I read this honest and frank account of two young women and their foray into computer coding. This is the provocative story of Andy and Sophie breaking through two ceilings.The first is the lack of women who are coders in tech companies. Andy and Sophie demonstrate that girls can code, and that companies are interested in closing the gap and encouraging more women to join the ranks of coders. The second ceiling is social taboos surrounding discussing menstruation openly and without shame. Through telling their stories, by each narrating their experiences and viewpoints, Andy and Sophie encourage everyone to learn to code, and to follow your dreams despite obstacles. It also instructs women everywhere to be unafraid to discuss their "periods."This book would be good for a computer science class looking at coding in the real world. This book would be good for a contemporary social issues class. Readers interested in non-fiction by strong young women would enjoy this book. Readers interested in social taboos around menstruation would enjoy this book as well.
    • 4/5
      I loved this book. I've been interested in programing for 35 years. I'm not much good at it but still find it fascinating. That's why I picked this book up, I'm surely not the targeted audience old white male, but I learned a lot about feminism, ambition, and the courage to put yourself out there to accomplish a goal that you feel is worth doing even if other parts of your life are sacrificed in the process. Great book I'd recommend this to everyone, but most especially anyone interested in pushing their own boundaries, also after the story there is a great little tutorial section on coding