Sasha Savvy Loves to Code

By Sasha Ariel Alston and Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Sasha Savvy Loves to Code is an early reader chapter book (ages 7-10). The main character, Sasha Savvy, is a super smart 10-year old girl, who lives in Washington, DC. Sasha must choose which class to take for summer camp. Her mom discovers that the camp is offering a new class for girls on how to code. Sasha thinks this will be boring and doesn

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gold Fern Press
• Release date: Jun 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9780997135435

Sasha Ariel Alston

Sasha Ariel Alston is the debut author of the children's book, Sasha Savvy Loves to Code. From Washington, DC, she is a college student majoring in Information Systems at Pace University in New York City. With nine successful internships in the tech and business industries, she is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. Sasha has appeared on Good Morning America, been featured in Forbes, Huff Post, Role Model Magazine, & Black Enterprise, and inspired girls to dream big in Disney, Google, Snapchat, and Yahoo initiatives. Sasha has won several awards, among them - 2018 Futurist by The Root magazine, Her Campus 22 Under 22 Most Inspiring College Women and Pace University 30 under 30 Difference Maker. Follow Sasha on Twitter and Instagram @TheStemQueen.

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Text © copyright: 2019 by Sasha Ariel Alston

Illustrations © copyright: 2017 by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced or transmitted mechanically, electronically, or by any form other means, including photocopying, recording, or by any information or storage and retrieval system, without express written permission of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Cover Design by Jana Rade

Sasha Savvy Loves to Code. 2nd Printing.

ISBN 13: 978-0-9971354-2-8 (Hardcover)

ISBN: 978-0-9971354-3-5 (E-book)

First Printing: May 2017

Dedication

For Tracy Chiles McGhee, the best mom ever

Chapter 1

Once Upon A Summer Break

Hey class! How about I read a book before summer break begins, Mr. Turner asks with a big grin.

Yeah! The class screams, with Sasha Savvy being the absolute loudest, sitting at the edge of her desk.

Sasha’s rocking her brand new purple and sparkly I’m Awesome tee-shirt, which she saved especially for the last day of school. She listens closely to Mr. Turner read from one of her favorite stories, the one about the alien take-over in the land of Fashionboz. The whole class thinks Mr. Turner with his shiny bald head and super cool white-rimmed glasses, is the best teacher ever. He always makes reading fun by acting out the characters in different, funny voices and walking around the classroom instead of sitting still at his desk.

By the third chapter,