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In the Key of Code Aimee Lucido

In the Key of Code By Aimee Lucido

In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido


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In the Key of Code Summary

In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

An original, inventive and heart-warming novel from an exciting debut author about a lonely new girl and an unlikely friendship formed in a school code club that will appeal to fans of Sarah Crossan.

When twelve-year-old Emmy's musical family moves to California so her dad can take a job with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Emmy has never felt more out of tune. But when she ends up in a school computer science club, she finds that she can understand code through a language she is familiar with: music. Slowly, Emmy makes friends with Abigail and the two girls start to discover their voices through the programming language of Java.

Extraordinarily crafted, the novel begins to incorporate Java's syntax and concepts as Emmy, and ultimately the reader, learns to think in code. By the end, Emmy doesn't feel like a wrong note, but like a musician in the world's most beautiful symphony.

In the Key of Code Reviews

In the US, more open-ended, hip-hop-inspired "novels" in verse have been in circulation for some time. In the Key of Code (Walker) is a highlight in that relatively recent tradition. Aimee Lucido's debut is told in the form of poems, liberally littered with computer code and musical terminology.

It is a daring exercise in form that carries its story very well. New girl Emmy, 12, is the unmusical child of musicians, and starting school in San Francisco. As she navigates the mean-girl social codes and a tense home life, coding club becomes an unlikely sanctuary. But her new friendship with Abigail is fraught with tension, and their amazing computer science teacher Ms Delaney is more often absent than not.

You might not have thought that the words "PUB-lic STAT-ic voidmain string BRACK-et BRACK-et ARGS" could bring a computer layperson to tears, but they did, as this uncommon book reached its crescendo.

-- Kitty Empire * the guardian *
In the Key of Code is thoroughly original in both concept and execution, and it manages to sneak in an empowering history of women's involvement in computers too. * Irish Times *
An original story about friendship, belonging and being true to yourself. * minitravellers.co.uk *

About Aimee Lucido

Aimee Lucido is a software engineer by day, writer by night. She did her undergrad degree in computer science at Brown and her MFA in writing for children and young adults at Hamline University. She spends her nine-to-five working at Uber on the Android rider-to-driver team (splitting her time between software engineering and being a diversity & inclusion advocate), and her five-to-nine pursuing her dream of being a writer. In her free time she writes crossword puzzles and performs musical improv with her team Flash Mob Musical. She lives in San Francisco.

Additional information

GOR010083314
9781406389333
1406389331
In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Walker Books Ltd
2019-10-03
416
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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