Friday, May 26, 2023

Swap'd

There is a big coding camp coming up, but middle-schooler Allie Navarro doesn't have any new game since Click'd. She also wants to save money to get her best friend from Arizona to fly out to a gaming conference. Oh, and in class, there is an assignment to reuse past code for a new app.

Da-ding! It will all work together. They create an app to allow people to sell stuff so that they can make money. They whip it up quickly and it goes viral. It can even be used to help meet a boy.

They think they have just about made all the money they need when they run into issues. The computer teacher tells them they must return everything because selling things on campus is illegal. (This seemed a little far fetched. I could have seen kids taking things that are not theirs, but illegal selling and forced returns is a little crazy. There is so much that is sold at or near schools.)

There are also some boy connections, with Allie finally falling for the right boy, along with a happily-ever-after ending. It is a very "sanitized" experience in the book, that is entertaining, but could have been carried out better.

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