Secret Coders -- Gene Luen Yang, Paperback

Gene Luen Yang is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur Genius Grant.

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

This title has Common Core connections.

Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second
Published: 09/29/2015
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781626720756
Age Range: 8-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175360 / Secret Coders


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 pg. 59
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015 pg. 137
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 49
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 94
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2015 pg. 174
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Gene Luen Yang has written and drawn many graphic novels, including American Born Chinese, which was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Boxers & Saints. He is the author of the Secret Coders series (with artist Mike Holmes) and has written for the hit comics Avatar: The Last Airbender and Superman. Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. geneyang.com

Mike Holmes has drawn for the comics series Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time, Secret Coders, 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.