Overview

Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding, Hopper and her friend Eni are going to solve the mystery of Stately Academy no matter what it takes! From graphic novel superstar (and high school computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes a wildly entertaining new series that combines logic puzzles and basic programming instruction with a page-turning mystery plot!

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Author:   Gene Luen Yang ,  Mike Holmes
Publisher:   Turtleback Books
Imprint:   Turtleback Books
Edition:   Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780606378031

ISBN 10:   0606378030
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 11 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. Entertainment Weekly Secret Coders not only uses Logo but also touches on computer fundamentals like binary code and the three major ways that code is organized: sequence, iteration, and selection. By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn them all, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. Wired Yang and Holmes do such a great job explaining the concepts that even programming newbies will be likely to catch on. A cliff-hanger ending hints at deepening mysteries to come. Booklist Holmes s bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang s geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. Publishers Weekly An excellent first purchase that introduces readers to the power of computer programming through an engaging graphic mystery. School Library Journal Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. -- Entertainment Weekly Secret Coders not only uses Logo but also touches on computer fundamentals like binary code and the three major ways that code is organized: sequence, iteration, and selection. By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn them all, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. -- Wired Yang and Holmes do such a great job explaining the concepts that even programming newbies will be likely to catch on. A cliff-hanger ending hints at deepening mysteries to come. -- Booklist Holmes's bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang's geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. -- Publishers Weekly An excellent first purchase that introduces readers to the power of computer programming through an engaging graphic mystery. -- School Library Journal

Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. Entertainment Weekly Secret Coders not only uses Logo but also touches on computer fundamentals like binary code and the three major ways that code is organized: sequence, iteration, and selection. By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn them all, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. Wired Yang and Holmes do such a great job explaining the concepts that even programming newbies will be likely to catch on. A cliff-hanger ending hints at deepening mysteries to come. Booklist Holmes s bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang s geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. Publishers Weekly An excellent first purchase that introduces readers to the power of computer programming through an engaging graphic mystery. School Library Journal

Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. -- Entertainment Weekly Secret Coders not only uses Logo but also touches on computer fundamentals like binary code and the three major ways that code is organized: sequence, iteration, and selection. By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn them all, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. -- Wired Yang and Holmes do such a great job explaining the concepts that even programming newbies will be likely to catch on. A cliff-hanger ending hints at deepening mysteries to come. -- Booklist Holmes's bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang's geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. -- Publishers Weekly An excellent first purchase that introduces readers to the power of computer programming through an engaging graphic mystery. -- School Library Journal Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. Entertainment Weekly Secret Coders not only uses Logo but also touches on computer fundamentals like binary code and the three major ways that code is organized: sequence, iteration, and selection. By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn them all, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. Wired Yang and Holmes do such a great job explaining the concepts that even programming newbies will be likely to catch on. A cliff-hanger ending hints at deepening mysteries to come. Booklist Holmes s bold cartoony illustrations are a natural fit for Yang s geeky enthusiasm, and their combined effort offers an enticing first taste of coding that may very well yield some converts. Publishers Weekly An excellent first purchase that introduces readers to the power of computer programming through an engaging graphic mystery. School Library Journal

Author Information

Gene Luen Yang has written and drawn many comics, including the hit Avatar: The Last Airbender series. American Born Chinese was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won the LA Times Book Prize for Boxers & Saints. Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mike Holmes has drawn for the comics series Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time, and the viral art project Mikenesses. His books include the True Story collection (2011), This American Drive (2009), and Shenanigans. He lives with a cat named Ella, who is his best buddy.

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