The Popularity Code
Published on 28. April 2020
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-5344-4520-8 (ISBN)
Description
Mean Girls meets The Clique in this relatable M!X novel that tackles the effects of online bullying.
Faith Taylor is popular by association, thanks to her BFFs, Adria and Janelle. When a new website called SlamBook targets her school's popular kids, Faith gets sucked in. And when she discovers her own page on the site, she finds herself obsessing over the comments people are posting about her. Some are good, some are...not so good. Faith becomes determined to match the negative comments to the people, and begins to retaliate by posting negative comments of her own.
Soon, Faith finds that people are talking about the comments she's leaving. Even though she does feel guilty, it's just so easy to be mean behind the anonymity of her laptop. But when her comments go too far, she realizes she must figure out a way to make things right before it's too late.
Faith Taylor is popular by association, thanks to her BFFs, Adria and Janelle. When a new website called SlamBook targets her school's popular kids, Faith gets sucked in. And when she discovers her own page on the site, she finds herself obsessing over the comments people are posting about her. Some are good, some are...not so good. Faith becomes determined to match the negative comments to the people, and begins to retaliate by posting negative comments of her own.
Soon, Faith finds that people are talking about the comments she's leaving. Even though she does feel guilty, it's just so easy to be mean behind the anonymity of her laptop. But when her comments go too far, she realizes she must figure out a way to make things right before it's too late.
Reviews / Votes
"Timely, well-written, and with very human characters, this title is a good choice for libraries. The story could be read aloud and discussed or used in a STEM class. A winner." * School Library Connection * "Faith's wavering sense of her culpability is spot-on realistic, as is one student's anonymous threat of suicide after too many attacks. While readers can glean many lessons about the perils of social media, Faris never crosses into preachy territory, grounding characters in the tough decisions facing young girls today. In addition to Adria, Faith's Asian coding mentor, Ms. Wang, brings further racial diversity to the story and acts as a welcome female STEM role model.Readers will find this look at social media habits eye-opening and accessible." * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Eighth Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 13 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
f-c gloss lam jacket w- no SFX
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5344-4520-8 (9781534445208)
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Person
Stephanie Faris knew she wanted to be an author from a very young age. In fact, her mother often told her to stop reading so much and go outside and play with the other kids. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, she somehow found herself working in information technology. But she never stopped writing. When she isn't crafting fiction, Stephanie is indulging her gadget geek side by writing for online technology sites. Her work is regularly featured on the small business blogs for Intuit and Go Payment, and she is a featured columnist for SmallBizTechnology.com. She lives in Nashville with her husband.