You Had Me at Hello World
by Rona Wang
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Jenny Han meets Silicon Valley in this drama-packed debut young adult novel about a Chinese American teen who navigates a high-stakes coding competition, sabotage, and first love when she's invited to a summer hackathon at MIT. Sixteen-year-old Charise "Char" Tang is desperate to ditch her dead-end small town.
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