• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Jeanne Wald

Children's Book Author

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Mia Marcotte
  • Activities
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Book reviews / Book review: Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code

Book review: Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code

November 12, 2019

Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code book cover
  • Series: Girls Who Code
  • Author: Stacia Deutsch
  • Publisher: Penguin Workshop
  • Publication year: 2017
  • Age range: 8-12 years
  • Number of pages: 144

I really enjoyed reading “The Friendship Code” by Stacia Deutsch, which is the first book in the “Girls Who Code” chapter book series. This entertaining story teaches some of the basic principles of coding in a mystery-based format while touching upon such important themes as navigating friendships and solving problems.

The main character Lucy is a kind and curious sixth-grader. Wishing to create an app for her sick uncle that would remind him to take his medication, Lucy is super excited she can finally get started with the coding club at school. The app is needed as soon as possible, but, unfortunately, the first meeting of the coding club starts slow and doesn’t even involve computers. Moreover, the girls Lucy is assigned to work with—an ex-friend, an intimidating seventh-grader, and a weird new girl—aren’t exactly her dream team. But after Lucy begins to get cryptic coding messages left in an envelope attached to her locker, she realizes how much she needs her teammates to help her decipher the messages and figure out who is sending the notes.

I truly liked how the story teaches fundamental coding principles disguised as scavenger hunts, showing that coding can be exciting and fun.

I recommend this well-told story with a diverse character cast to all budding coders and any fan of a good mystery!


Filed Under: Book reviews

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Book review: Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet
  • 15 Standalone Books about STEM Girls for ages 8-12
  • Book review: Diary of an Ice Princess: Snow Place Like Home
  • 15 Middle Grade Book Series about STEM Girls for ages 8-12
  • 15 Chapter Book Series about STEM Girls for ages 6-10
  • Book review: Girls Who Code: The Friendship Code
  • Book review: Ruby Goldberg’s Bright Idea
  • Book review: Jada Jones: Rock Star
  • Book review: Sophie Simon Solves Them All
  • Book review: Everyday Superheroes: Women in STEM Careers
  • Book review: The Fourteenth Goldfish
  • Book review: Lucy’s Lab: Nuts About Science
  • Marina Moreira: Aerospace Robotics Scientist
  • Book review: Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist: Lunch Walks Among Us
  • Book review: Marty McGuire
  • Book review: Halley Harper, Science Girl Extraordinaire: Summer Set in Motion
  • Book review: Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet: Skunked!
  • Sofija Spasojević: Signal Processing & Machine Learning Scientist
  • Book review: Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record
  • Book review: Ellie, Engineer

Footer

Looking for something?

Connect with me

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • goodreads
  • instagram
  • pinterest
  • mail

Join my monthly newsletter

Jeanne Wald Reading Club 2

Copyright © 2021 · Jeanne Wald. All rights reserved.