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A review by verkisto
Secret Coders: Secrets & Sequences by Gene Luen Yang
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.