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alyshadeshae's review against another edition
5.0
As a computer nerd and lover of graphic novels, this was fantastic. Absolutely wonderful.
rdyourbookcase's review
3.0
This last book had some pretty epic coding. I didn't follow it all, so I just skimmed it. I'm glad to be done with the series, mostly because of the creepy shapes. (I wasn't a fan of the added romance, either.)
filemanager's review
4.0
What an awesome series. I would have loved this when I was a kid! Jon gives it 1000 stars!
theybedax's review
3.0
Cute bow tie ending on the story. After finishing this series I do think it would be a great series to keep on hand for elementary coding clubs/computer classes. Create a story around code and make it come more to life!
scostner's review
4.0
Hopper, Eni, and Josh work with Professor Bee in their final showdown with the evil One-Zero. He has come up with another plan to release his dreadful Green Pop, only now he has an airborne variety! To defeat him they will have to travel to the professor's home dimension, Flatland, and retrieve another Turtle of Light to use in their battle with One-Zero. For those who have not heard of it before, the dimension that Professor Bee comes from is inspired by the satirical novel Flatland written by Edwin Abbott in 1884. In the country of Flatland the more sides a shape has, the higher its position in society, and women are only lines and not polygons at all. Professor Bee warns the kids that they will be converted into shapes and lines if they are successful in making the journey to Flatland. The problem with that is their lack of experience in being 2-dimensional beings, or in Hopper's case being a line!
And once they succeed, if they do, they will still have to return to the regular world and take on their nemesis. As if an arch villain isn't enough of a challenge, the kids have other problems. Hopper's father is still unresponsive in the hospital. Her mother is moving the whole family to another town. Eni's parents are sending him to a school that focuses on athletics, hoping to make him focus on basketball. Neither have told Josh about their parents' plans. And Hopper and Eni still haven't recovered from their awkwardness over Eni confessing his crush on Hopper. Things are never simple, are they?
This final book in the series brings all the forces to a head: parental expectations, friendship and crushes, an evil principal using the school to further his nefarious schemes, tyrants from another dimension... Along the way our heroes learn what real courage is all about, as well as coding skills like nesting commands and creating subprograms that can be used with more than one main program.
For those readers who have not tried coding before, Secret Coders is a fun introduction to the basic concepts used in creating computer programs. And for those who have, there are plenty of puzzles to solve as the Coders move from one challenge to the next. Everyone can visit the Secret Coders website to learn more.
Highly recommended for middle grade readers who enjoy graphic novels, school stories, and computers. I read an e-book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
And once they succeed, if they do, they will still have to return to the regular world and take on their nemesis. As if an arch villain isn't enough of a challenge, the kids have other problems. Hopper's father is still unresponsive in the hospital. Her mother is moving the whole family to another town. Eni's parents are sending him to a school that focuses on athletics, hoping to make him focus on basketball. Neither have told Josh about their parents' plans. And Hopper and Eni still haven't recovered from their awkwardness over Eni confessing his crush on Hopper. Things are never simple, are they?
This final book in the series brings all the forces to a head: parental expectations, friendship and crushes, an evil principal using the school to further his nefarious schemes, tyrants from another dimension... Along the way our heroes learn what real courage is all about, as well as coding skills like nesting commands and creating subprograms that can be used with more than one main program.
For those readers who have not tried coding before, Secret Coders is a fun introduction to the basic concepts used in creating computer programs. And for those who have, there are plenty of puzzles to solve as the Coders move from one challenge to the next. Everyone can visit the Secret Coders website to learn more.
Highly recommended for middle grade readers who enjoy graphic novels, school stories, and computers. I read an e-book provided by the publisher through NetGalley.
verkisto's review
4.0
Gene Luen Yang is one of those writers I'll read, no matter what, thanks to American Born Chinese. I have yet to come across another of his works that captures the ingenuity, skill, and heart that ABC had, but I always find a story that hints at how well he does what he does. Secret Coders is the latest one of those stories.
The series is intended for younger audiences, and has a goal of teaching programming concepts to its readers, but it still has a smart, sharp story to tell, too. The series focuses on a group of three students at a private school, each of whom has a skill that lends them to programming, and when they discover some secrets about the school and begin to delve more deeply into its history to find some answers, they find themselves wrapped up in something much larger than just the school.
The story is told across six volumes, and has a definitive ending, so it's not an ongoing series that could devolve into tedium. It's a good series to introduce to kids, whether or not they're interested in programming, but if they are, there's a lot they're going to be able to take from it. It's not the deepest graphic novel series I've ever read, but it's definitely better than Archie or Richie Rich.
The series is intended for younger audiences, and has a goal of teaching programming concepts to its readers, but it still has a smart, sharp story to tell, too. The series focuses on a group of three students at a private school, each of whom has a skill that lends them to programming, and when they discover some secrets about the school and begin to delve more deeply into its history to find some answers, they find themselves wrapped up in something much larger than just the school.
The story is told across six volumes, and has a definitive ending, so it's not an ongoing series that could devolve into tedium. It's a good series to introduce to kids, whether or not they're interested in programming, but if they are, there's a lot they're going to be able to take from it. It's not the deepest graphic novel series I've ever read, but it's definitely better than Archie or Richie Rich.
rjlee89's review
4.0
This was a sweet end to this series (?!) I can't believe it's over and I hope that Yang has more graphic novels that he's working on!!
pussreboots's review
5.0
This book takes all the coding taught in previous volumes to do some fairly complex Logo programming which readers can do to play along.
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comments_04/monsters_and_modules.html
http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comments_04/monsters_and_modules.html
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