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Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters - (Secret Coders, 5) by Gene Luen Yang (Paperback)

Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters - (Secret Coders, 5) by  Gene Luen Yang (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) and "New York Times"-bestselling author Yang comes the fifth volume in a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From graphic novel superstar (and former computer programming teacher) and <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Gene Luen Yang, <i>Secret Coders: Potions & Parameters </i>is the fifth volume in a wildly entertaining series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot! <p/>Dr. One-Zero won't stop until the whole town--no, the whole world--embraces the true happiness" found in his poisonous potion, Green Pop. And now that he has the Turtle of Light, he's virtually unstoppable. <p/>There's one weapon that can defeat him: another Turtle of Light. Unfortunately, they can only be found in another dimension! To open a portal to this new world, Hopper, Eni, and Josh's coding skills will be put to the test.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for the Secret Coders series: <p/>Gene Luen Yang's talent is prodigious, his enthusiasm contagious . . . Even this confirmed technophobe was ready to learn coding. --Katherine Applegate, author of <i>Crenshaw</i> and <i>The One and Only Ivan</i> <p/>Gene Yang brings computer coding to life. --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <p/>By the end of Secret Coders, readers will learn the three major ways that code is organized, right alongside Hopper and Eni, not as something dry or rote, but something transformative. --<i>Wired <p/></i>While the coding instruction's as top-notch as ever, in this installment it's interpersonal dynamics and characters that, satisfyingly, take center stage.--<i>Kirkus</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Gene Luen Yang</b> has written and drawn many award-winning comics, including the Avatar: The Last Airbender series, <i>American Born Chinese</i>, and <i>Boxers & Saints</i>. He is also the author of <i>Level Up</i> (with Thien Pham), <i>The Shadow Hero</i> (with Sonny Liew), and DC's New Super-Man series. He is the first graphic novelist to be named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. <p/><b>Mike Holmes's</b> comics can be seen in <i>Bravest Warriors</i>, <i>Adventure Time</i>, <i>True Story</i>, <i>This American Drive</i>, and<i> Animal Crackers: Cricus Mayhem</i>.</p>

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