Click'd

Written by Tamara Ireland Stone

Narrated by Suzy Jackson

Allie Navarro can't wait to show her best friends the app she built at CodeGirls summer camp. CLICK'D pairs users based on common interests and sends them on a fun (and occasionally rule-breaking) scavenger hunt to find each other. And it's a hit. By the second day of school, everyone is talking about CLICK'D. Watching her app go viral is amazing. Leaderboards are filling up! Everyone's making new friends. And with all the data Allie is collecting, she has an even better shot at beating her archenemy, Nathan, at the upcoming youth coding competition. But when Allie discovers a glitch that threatens to expose everyone's secrets, she has to figure out how to make things right, even if that means sharing the computer lab with Nathan. Can Allie fix her app, stop it from doing any more damage, and win back the friends it hurt-all before she steps on stage to present CLICK'D to the judges? New York Times best-selling author Tamara Ireland Stone combines friendship, coding, and lots of popcorn in her fun and empowering middle-grade debut

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9781501967689

Reviews for Click'd

[Elizabeth Anzures · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book it was a good read. 10/10 would recommend

[Becky Baumgartner · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This takes the usual contemporary fiction friend drama/school drama story and adds a new twist with the main character being a coder and watching the affects of her game. It might serve as a segue story that would get readers who normally only read fantasy and scifi into a contemporary fiction story. I was afraid of the train wreck Allie was headed to with some of the choices she was making, but it didn't end up as bad as I feared and she learned some important lessons for both coders and any online users. I almost quit reading this as things were headed for the train wreck, but I am glad I kept going. It was a much better read than I anticipated. Recommended for contemporary fiction fans and coders. The narration was excellent.

[Fatos · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

they are calling a 4th grader "little girl" as a 4th grader myself i think tween's should be treated more fairly, JUST BECAUSE WE ARE SMALL DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENT!!!!!!!

[seschend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Received a copy of this via Netgalley.com in exchange for a review.

While not my normal reading material, this was a fascinating read for a middle-grade and near-YA readership. CLICK'D has a solid and very engaging group of characters, situations, and realistic interactions with far more depth than much of the fiction made available when I was closer to these kids in age.

I'd recommend this book for anyone wanting a good female protagonist and any interest at all in coding or other STEM related skills. Very positive portrayals of both the ups and down of technology and social media.

[completely_melanie · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was such a cute story and so much fun to read. I would definitely read the sequel. With the exception of the main characters being in 7th grade, this book could easily be YA.

[genieinanovel-389828 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Click’d is a middle grade novel about friendship and never giving up toward your goals.

This was a fun book to read. I loved the concept of having not just kids/preteens coding to help the word, but focusing on a girl coder. Allie comes up with a game to help people make friends with similar interests and will be presenting her game in a contest. When she releases the game school-wide, an issue comes up and Allie realizes that there is a problem with her code. She has to work with her nemesis, Nathan, to figure it out and fix her game before the contest that weekend.

I read this book in a day, and though it seemed a little slow at first, it picked up and I enjoyed the story very much.

This is a book I’d recommend for the middle-grade age group as well as anyone who enjoys this genre. I think the important thing to remember if you are reading this as a high-schooler or adult is that it is intended for those in middle grades.

[grgenius_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A great addition to the Middle Grade genre that will really work to inspire young readers to reach for their dreams. It takes the old cliche of coders and smashes the mold, showing young ladies how it's definitely NOT just a man's world; there's room for one and all!

[dcoward_6 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A cute story with the protagonist a girl who is more interested in coding, winning prizes, and hanging out with her friends then boys. The story is timely and had nice diversity in the characters. My only complaint would be that the book feels fairly light, there is not a lot of emotional resonance, which made it a bit boring. However, the drama of the friendship app gone wrong might be enough to hold the interest of the target age range for this book, between 4th and 6th graders.

[acargile-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

If you like coding, technology, competition, and friendship, this novel is for you! Allie Navarro is excited to share her new app with her best friends after spending the summer at a coding camp. She’s made great friends who helped her develop an app that she so successfully presented that she’s been invited to an exclusive competition for gaming apps. She isn’t the only coding genius in her school. Her nemesis (in her mind), Nathan, has also been invited. There are very few people invited to present. Allie tells Nathan that she will beat him. They both present to the class, but only Allie’s is truly ready to go live. The class loves the idea, so she gives them the link to download the app.Once Click’d goes out to the students, the school goes crazy. You fill out a series of questions and then it joins the database. The algorithm then matches people with others with similar interests, so it’s a “find a friend” app. There’s a Leaderboard of your top 10. Kids are running all over the school, touching phones together, and meeting new people. Competition is one week away, so Allie has a week to get statistics, pictures, and stories of her app making a difference. Oh no, there’s a glitch! When a problem arises and Allie needs help combing the code, she has to ask Nathan for help. She helps him; he’ll help her. Can they finish before the competition and who will win?There’s nothing wrong with the novel. It’s fun and teaches good lessons about the dangers of making assumptions about other people as well as the value of honesty in relationships with friends. I rarely go crazy about a book that has technology in it. Technology is important in the novel as a tool and as a way to show readers that you can achieve a lot when you are interested and apply yourself, however, the novel is ultimately about people and how to treat them. I wasn’t glued to the book; it was perfectly fine, nothing special. I do think many of you would love it as middle schoolers. I may be a bit too aged to really get into this one.

[foggidawn · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

At CodeGirls summer camp, Allie built Click'd, a game app that helps people make real-life connections based on shared interests. Her teacher has entered her in a competition, and Allie's excited to show the app to her friends and maybe get a few more users in the week before the competition. When Click'd spreads virally through her school, Allie is thrilled. . . until a glitch manifests, and the fallout endangers one of her oldest and closest friendships. Can Allie fix everything before the competition?This was a fun, quick read. The pacing is good, the topic is hot right now, and I kind of want Click'd to be a real thing. If you have an interest in middle-grade books featuring real-world technology, keep an eye out for this one -- it comes out in September.