Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done

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Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser were two normal teenagers until a summer at Girls Who Code led them to build Tampon Run, a viral video game that tackled social taboos. This memoir follows their fast-paced journey from high school students to tech celebrities. It offers a rare look at how a simple idea can turn into a global conversation, proving that age is no barrier to entering the male-domin…

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