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mannim's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
michalice's review against another edition
4.0
*mini review*
Imagine having an app that matches you with friends who would be perfect for you, just by answering a few questions. Well the protagonist of Click'd, Allie, has done just that at Code Girls camp. After an initial trial run it works like a charm, but a hiccup in the coding soon means that things are getting shared that are supposed to remain a secret.
I really enjoyed reading Click'd, more than I expected to. I love the coding camp, and how it leads to the Games for Good competition. The friendships within the pages felt real, especially with how fickle they could be, but I also loved how Allie wasn't going down without a fight, even if it meant asking Nathan for help.
I'm looking forward to another book in this series, and I'm already trying to work out who's story it's going to be.
Imagine having an app that matches you with friends who would be perfect for you, just by answering a few questions. Well the protagonist of Click'd, Allie, has done just that at Code Girls camp. After an initial trial run it works like a charm, but a hiccup in the coding soon means that things are getting shared that are supposed to remain a secret.
I really enjoyed reading Click'd, more than I expected to. I love the coding camp, and how it leads to the Games for Good competition. The friendships within the pages felt real, especially with how fickle they could be, but I also loved how Allie wasn't going down without a fight, even if it meant asking Nathan for help.
I'm looking forward to another book in this series, and I'm already trying to work out who's story it's going to be.
aburgess15's review against another edition
5.0
This book was amazing! This is the first book that I have read where the primary character is a young girl interested in CODING! Being one of 2 women in my company who do code, I love seeing when there are books, camps, experiences that get girls interested in this amazing field. Ever changing and expanding technology makes the field of software engineering a great field to enter.
My favorite part of the book was seeing that Allie had other interests than just coding. I think too many stereotypes assume that if you code, you sit in a room at home coding as well. Seeing that Allie played on a successful soccer team was exactly what needs to be portrayed to young girls. You can love programming and other things, like soccer, band, hiking, water skiing, take your pick!
My biggest complaint was on page 272:
I think I loved this book so much because I can relate to the main character so well. When I run into a problem with my code, I get obsessed with fixing the issue trying involve only as many people I have to in order to fix it. Usually involving others is a last resort on something I have been working on and cannot solve it myself. Taking my mind off the code by looking at something else or taking a break usually helps. I could totally relate to Allie racing against the clock to solve an issue.
My favorite part of the book was seeing that Allie had other interests than just coding. I think too many stereotypes assume that if you code, you sit in a room at home coding as well. Seeing that Allie played on a successful soccer team was exactly what needs to be portrayed to young girls. You can love programming and other things, like soccer, band, hiking, water skiing, take your pick!
Spoiler
My biggest complaint was on page 272:
"When Emma scored the first point, ... " -- You score goals, not points.
"In the third quarter, Maddie..." -- There are no quarters in soccer (maybe in U8s but not above U10s)! There's a first half and a second half.
I think I loved this book so much because I can relate to the main character so well. When I run into a problem with my code, I get obsessed with fixing the issue trying involve only as many people I have to in order to fix it. Usually involving others is a last resort on something I have been working on and cannot solve it myself. Taking my mind off the code by looking at something else or taking a break usually helps. I could totally relate to Allie racing against the clock to solve an issue.
gggina13's review against another edition
5.0
Just a light and fluffy read about a week in the life of a girl who is trying to keep up with the hype her app is getting. The coding talk isn’t complicated enough to turn away readers with no knowledge of how it works. I enjoyed her friendships, her rivalry with Nate, and her supportive teacher.
geo_curler's review against another edition
5.0
What a great book about friendships and coding. I am sure this has inspired many coders to persevere. Allie's personality will have many readers captivated and wanting more. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
moonchildthereader's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/4 stars.
I don't really have very strong opinions on this book other than I really enjoyed it and appreciated the positive message it gave.
I don't really have very strong opinions on this book other than I really enjoyed it and appreciated the positive message it gave.
maidenlorraine's review against another edition
5.0
Great empowering tween book! Girls coding! No forced love story! Definitely recommending to all the middle school girls who ask.
briannethebookworm's review against another edition
2.0
I read Every Last Word by Tamara Stone in February and LOVED it. Maybe my expectations were set too high when I read this one, but it really wasn’t for me.
Allie Navarro is a middle school student who spent her summer at a coding camp. She worked hard to create a game, Click’d, that helps people find others who have the same interests that they do. Basically, it’s a way to make friends using an app. She enters in a competition to present her game in the hopes of winning a scholarship, and the week before the competition, she releases the game to her school in order to demonstrate that it is user friendly. Unfortunately, her coding isn’t perfect. She has to work to resolve all the issues before the competition for the upcoming weekend.
The story is good for maybe 4th or 5th graders in terms of content and reading level. It felt very juvenile, and I just didn’t take away a lot from it, but maybe I am judging too harshly. She has a new one coming out this February, and I’m hoping it’s a good one!
Allie Navarro is a middle school student who spent her summer at a coding camp. She worked hard to create a game, Click’d, that helps people find others who have the same interests that they do. Basically, it’s a way to make friends using an app. She enters in a competition to present her game in the hopes of winning a scholarship, and the week before the competition, she releases the game to her school in order to demonstrate that it is user friendly. Unfortunately, her coding isn’t perfect. She has to work to resolve all the issues before the competition for the upcoming weekend.
The story is good for maybe 4th or 5th graders in terms of content and reading level. It felt very juvenile, and I just didn’t take away a lot from it, but maybe I am judging too harshly. She has a new one coming out this February, and I’m hoping it’s a good one!
rkiladitis's review against another edition
3.0
Sixth grader Allie Navarro is SO excited about the friendship app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. Click'd collects data about user interests and sends users on a scavenger hunt to find other users with similar interests. It went over big at camp, and now Allie is going to show it to her BFFs at school. She's also presenting her game at the big Games for Good competition, but she's going up against her nemesis: Nathan Frederickson, who wins EVERY science fair and drives her crazy.
The app goes over in a big way, but it's not as great as Allie thought it would be. People are upset about their standings on friendship leaderboards, and a technical glitch ends up embarrassing one of her best friends. Things start spiraling out of Allie's control; even with Nathan's help, she's not sure if she can make things right in time for the competition.
I'm excited about the new coding fiction trend that's emerging in light of Girls Who Code's nonfiction/fiction releases! Click'd is great to hand to readers who may be ready to move on from the Girls Who Code series fiction, or readers who may not be ready for Lauren Myracle's TTYL books just yet. There's friendship drama for sure, as well as positive messages about resilience and friendship. Each chapter contains screenshots of the Click'd app, adding to the fun; readers can watch Allie's user count change, and monitor different leaderboards to better envision how the app works (and maybe get some ideas of their own). Tamara Ireland Stone gives us realistic characters and an interesting storyline and builds an extended universe of CodeGirls - girls who all met through a Girls Who Code-type camp - that will work for future novels.
The app goes over in a big way, but it's not as great as Allie thought it would be. People are upset about their standings on friendship leaderboards, and a technical glitch ends up embarrassing one of her best friends. Things start spiraling out of Allie's control; even with Nathan's help, she's not sure if she can make things right in time for the competition.
I'm excited about the new coding fiction trend that's emerging in light of Girls Who Code's nonfiction/fiction releases! Click'd is great to hand to readers who may be ready to move on from the Girls Who Code series fiction, or readers who may not be ready for Lauren Myracle's TTYL books just yet. There's friendship drama for sure, as well as positive messages about resilience and friendship. Each chapter contains screenshots of the Click'd app, adding to the fun; readers can watch Allie's user count change, and monitor different leaderboards to better envision how the app works (and maybe get some ideas of their own). Tamara Ireland Stone gives us realistic characters and an interesting storyline and builds an extended universe of CodeGirls - girls who all met through a Girls Who Code-type camp - that will work for future novels.
psal707's review against another edition
5.0
Click’d, by Tamara Ireland Stone, is about a girl named Allie, who creates an app called Click’d. Click’d is an app that helps you find who you could be friends with best, according to a multiple choice test you take at the beginning. The app doesn’t immediately tell you who you match up with the most, it waits until you are in a hundred-yard area, and it lets out a “bloop” noise. Your phone screen will change color depending on how close you are to them. When you reach that person, your phone screen will pop up with a picture of them, you will then tap your phones together, and then you are prompted to take a selfie together. Allie created the app at a CodeGirls camp, and she would be presenting it at the Games For Good competition.
The thing that I loved about this book, was that it would be so cool if this app was really a thing! It would make it so much easier for people to find people in a new place where they don’t know anyone, and find out that they would be really great friends with some of them.
The big climax of the story was that her app starts pulling pictures from people’s personal photos, it’s only supposed to pull from Instagram. This starts sharing people’s personal information and creating fights between groups of friends. When this starts happening, she needs to fix it before Saturday, which is when the Games for Good competition is. I expected that the story would end with her fixing her app, presenting it at the competition, and winning the competition. But, the complete opposite happened! She wasn’t able to fix it, and she had to have her name pulled from the competition. I felt that this really showed that it isn’t about winning, she ended up making more of an impact.
I would recommend this book to all of friends, it was such a great book!
The thing that I loved about this book, was that it would be so cool if this app was really a thing! It would make it so much easier for people to find people in a new place where they don’t know anyone, and find out that they would be really great friends with some of them.
The big climax of the story was that her app starts pulling pictures from people’s personal photos, it’s only supposed to pull from Instagram. This starts sharing people’s personal information and creating fights between groups of friends. When this starts happening, she needs to fix it before Saturday, which is when the Games for Good competition is. I expected that the story would end with her fixing her app, presenting it at the competition, and winning the competition. But, the complete opposite happened! She wasn’t able to fix it, and she had to have her name pulled from the competition. I felt that this really showed that it isn’t about winning, she ended up making more of an impact.
I would recommend this book to all of friends, it was such a great book!