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A review by briannethebookworm
Click'd by Tamara Ireland Stone
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!