Secret Coders Book 1

illustrated by Mike Holmes

published by First Second Books

recommended for Fifth Grade and Up

I love comic books and I love coding.  For years, I taught high school computer science during the day and made comic books at night.  During all that time, comics and coding were two separate worlds.

Comics and coding finally have come together for me because Secret Coders is a comic book that teaches coding!  This is something that I’ve had in mind for a long, long time.  It’s great to finally be able to hold it in my hands.

And one of the best parts about this project is that I get to work with the supremely talented Mike Holmes.  Mike’s stuff has this Saturday morning energy to it — once you see it you’ll know what I mean.

Mike and I tell a story that’s a bit like Harry Potter: A group of kids find a secret school, only in our book the school teaches coding instead of magic.  You know there’s a problem with Harry Potter, right?  You read about all these kids becoming wizards, but then when you try the same tricks at home, you don’t get to be a wizard.  Secret Coders doesn’t have that problem.  After you read about our heroes become coders, you can try the same things at home and become a coder yourself!