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Allie and Courtney are good friends, and it's interesting to see how they are able to sustain a long distance relationship. I liked that they were trying to fund their own adventures, even if they were VERY expensive. The app building and the business seemed realistic, although I did particularly think it good that a teacher finally realized they were doing something against school rules and made them undo their work. A pleasant, entertaining read.

I was a little surprised that Allie thinks she can sell something, even though an app, at school. I knew that commerce at school was not going to be allowed, so I was a bit uncomfortable through the whole book! When she was called out, I thought that the consequences were doled out very realistically and kindly.

It is always good to see books where children exercise their entrepreneurial spirit, but for tweens, this usually translates into babysitting, dog walking, writing, and selling cupcakes. It's fantastic to see a book where students are encouraged to develop skills that are actually needed by employers and might result in them getting jobs! The Penguin Workshop has a great Girls Who Code series, and Yang has the Secret Coders notebook /graphic novels, but there are not many novels that include this activity! Rhuday-Perkovich and Vernick's Two Naomis does have the characters enrolled in a coding class, but I would love to see a lot more novels including this activity!