You Had Me at Hello World

In this engaging young adult debut, sixteen-year-old Charise “Char” Tang leaves her small-town life behind to participate in a prestigious summer hackathon at MIT. Eager to build an app and win a golden ticket to transform her future, Char forms a team with talented coder Khoi Astor, complicating her feelings as he dates her roommate. Amidst the competition’s excitement, Char navigates the challenges of young love and the lurking dangers of sabotage within the high-stakes tech world.