Jon gives this 5 stars "because of the birds".

This book teaches "if else" statements. ( )

It continues the story well in all aspects that it did well the first and second time. Not much else to say here. ( )

I liked the first volume, but each successive one has been a little worse. I like the coding exercises, but the villain and his shenanigans are just so very bland and stupid, undercutting the merit of any success the heroes have when facing him. ( )

This is the third book in the Secret Coders series. Again, this book starts where the last book ended. There is no overlap AT ALL. This is a librarian's nightmare, especially if you are a librarian with no budget to replace books. If one of the series gets lost, the series makes no sense! That said, the series as a whole is great. As a computer programmer, the coding portion is easy to understand and the graphic novel format makes it easy to visualize. The story behind the coding lessons is engaging. Hopper and Eni are fairly well-rounded characters, although Josh is a bit one-dimensional. If you have a maker-space or a coding club, you could use excerpts from this series to introduce coding concepts. ( )