{"product_id":"power-up-by-jean-jinsun-ryoo-9780262543255","title":"Power Up!","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA diverse group of teenage friends learn how computing can be personally and politically empowering and why all students need access to computer science education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis lively graphic novel follows a diverse group of teenage friends as they discover that computing can be fun, creative, and empowering. Taylor, Christine, Antonio, and Jon seem like typical young teens—they communicate via endless texting, they share jokes, they worry about starting high school, and they have each other's backs. But when a racially-biased artificial intelligence system causes harm in their neighbourhood, they suddenly realise that tech isn't as neutral as they thought it was. But can an algorithm be racist? And what is an algorithm, anyway?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn school, they decide to explore computing classes, with mixed results. One class is only about typing. The class that Christine wants to join is full, and the school counsellor suggests that she take a class in \"Tourism and Hospitality\" instead. (Really??) But Antonio's class seems legit, Christine finds an after-school programme, and they decide to teach the others what they learn. By summer vacation, all four have discovered that computing is both personally and politically empowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterspersed through the narrative are text boxes with computer science explainers and inspirational profiles of people of colour and women in the field (including Katherine Johnson of \u003cem\u003eHidden Figures\u003c\/em\u003e fame). \u003cem\u003ePower Up!\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential read for young adults, general readers, educators, and anyone interested in the power of computing, how computing can do good or cause harm, and why addressing underrepresentation in computing needs to be a top priority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46694991036652,"sku":"9780262543255","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12545563482281.jpg?v=1753628869","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/power-up-by-jean-jinsun-ryoo-9780262543255","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}