Big-thinking Sama loves coding…but is she skilled enough to fit in at Tech Club?
This is a playful, STEM-rich story inspired by the real life of its seventeen-year-old author.
Sama’s starting middle school! Maybe Tech Club will be a good place to fit in. She’s into solving problems, building clever machines, and collecting beautiful data—plus her friend Nancy has given her a cool book on coding. But everyone at Tech Club is already so good at coding… will Sama’s contributions be enough for her to be included in the Code Crusher championship?
Sama proposes a project to help a stressed-out bus driver develop a time-saving route, but the club leader thinks the coding isn’t complex enough. When Sama befriends new neighbor Zoe (who built her own hovercraft!), however, the two girls inspire each other—and soon Sama bounces back with a bunny-based board game that teaches kids how to code while having fun. Could this game be the key to getting to the championship?
Precise coding vocabulary and examples are woven seamlessly into this lively story, based on the real-life computer science adventures of its author, young tech entrepreneur Samaira Mehta.
About the Author
Samaira Mehta is a seventeen-year-old high school senior and tech entrepreneur, described by Time magazine as one of the eight young leaders shaping the decade. As the founder of CoderBunnyz, CoderMindz, and CoderMarz — board games that teach coding and AI — her work has reached 1M+ people. She is a researcher at UCLA’s Orsulic Lab, and her work on ovarian cancer detection and AI-driven healthcare solutions has been published in Nature. She has been featured on the Nasdaq billboard, in Vogue, and on the Today show, cementing her place as a rising innovator. As she prepares for college, Samaira Mehta is eager to explore human-centered computing, AI ethics, and the evolving relationship between technology and society. But above all, she remains committed to her mission: empowering the next generation to shape the future of technology.
Cherry Duel vs Aadi
Drag the cherry to your mouth → set angle/power → shoot into the bucket.
Cherry Duel vs Aadi
Three steps. Beat the clock. First to the match goal wins.
- • Drag 🍒 into 😮
- • When loaded, SHOOT works
- • Adjust angle + power
- • Watch for wind + movement
- • Score more than Aadi
- • Keep your streak alive
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