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The Popularity Code

by Stephanie Faris
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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.

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  • Release date

    April 28, 2020

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781534445215

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781534445215
      • File size: 2153 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 680
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2020

      Gr 6 Up-Middle school student Faith Taylor is popular by association, even though her true self is invisible at home. She is a secretive computer coder and working on a new app for homework help, when a new website called SlamBook hits the web and becomes the newest gossip at her middle school. While the posts start out nice, everyone soon becomes a target. Some of Faith's friends are targets of racist comments and body-shaming insults. Using her coding and hacking skills, Faith sets out to uncover how the SlamBook website works and who is behind it all. Unfortunately, she also gets drawn into the drama and in the guise of defending her friends, begins to write some pretty nasty comments herself. After a series of concerning posts allude to a student wanting to disappear, Faith and her friends decide that enough is enough, and attempt to find out the identity of the distraught poster and how they can help them. As the story unravels, friendships are tested, alliances are made, and one girl's quest to solve the mystery becomes a mission to save a life. While the theme of social media bullying is rampant in a lot of middle grade and young adult literature, Faris's novel is a good entry point for libraries seeking a timely novel on this subject. VERDICT A secondary purchase for libraries looking to boost their lower middle grade collections with current topics.-Stephanie Wilkes, Good Hope Middle School, West Monroe, LA

      Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:680
  • Text Difficulty:3

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