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The Cool Code
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland
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In this funny and heartfelt slice-of-life graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller, when coding whiz Zoey goes from homeschooled to new school, she develops an app to help her make friends. Will the Cool Code help Zoey fit in? Or will it completely crash her social life? In an attempt to fit in, Zoey develops an app called the Cool Code with a cute llama avatar that will tell her everything from what to say to what to wear based on pop culture algorithms shes uploaded. But when the app gives her ridiculous advice, awkwardness and hilarity ensues. With a few upgrades and a bit of debugging from the coding club, the app actually worksZoey gets really popular . . . and gets her pulled in all kinds of directions, including away from her real friends. Lifes most complicated choices. . . is there a code for that?
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mcappel
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland
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Notice on the white board in the bottom illustration, there is a positive note. I really enjoy this extra detail.

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mcappel
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland

This book would be a good book for students who may not like to read as much or have a difficult time getting motivated to read. I think this book opens up conversations about the use of different pronouns or same-sex couples. I think this is something that would be at parents' discretion but, it is not a big chunk of the book that would need pre-teaching.

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mcappel
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland
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Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland was an interesting book about a middle school girl starting at a new school. I think this book would be good for the grades 4th-8th grade. I think these ages would like the book because it is a quick and easy read, but also is up with the times. It could be interesting to this age group because a main chunk of the book is about making and using an app with coding, while also incorporating humor and relatable context

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BookishTrish
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland
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Mehso-so

Having been homeschooled by her coder parents for years, Zoe isn‘t quite sure how to fit in in middle school. She develops an app to help her be cool. I really liked the story and illustrations, but found the resolution really quick and rushed feeling.

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LibrarianRyan
The Cool Code | Deirdre Langeland
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4⭐️ This was a really fun and interesting graphic novel. Zoe has been homeschooled her entire life and is now going to school for the very first time in the middle of a semester during middle school. Zoe‘s parents are coders, and she learned from them. She developed her own app, called the cool code to help her in every day life to be a better person than she already is. But her original app is not as good or work as well as it should. ⬇️

LibrarianRyan When Zoe joins the coding club, the entire club, take it up as a project to make it better and make Zoe one of the cool kids. Zoe by complete mistake makes her own friends and learns that being cool isn‘t always what it‘s cracked up to be if you have to be someone besides yourself. This book was a lot of fun and had a great message and made coding more cool then kids might think of it otherwise. 2y
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