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Agent Asha: Operation Cyber Chop
Agent Asha is back in the second installment of this action-packed spy adventure series.
Top-secret Children's Spy Agency newest recruit Asha Joshi is back with a brand new mission. Asha is suspicious when evil teenage trillionaire Shelly Belly proposes to cut down all the trees in Asha’s favourite park to make room for CyberOaks: the new tech trees. Asha’s a top coder and super spy so she should be able to face robot security parrots, navigate a suspicious internship and travel to Shelly's super-confidential base in Scotland to crack the case. Will Asha and her robo-hamster sidekick Tumble be able to protect the park and save the day? The story is a great way to engage young readers in coding and critical-thinking as it combines STEM with exciting adventures. It is mapped onto key National Curriculum Computing KS1 and KS2 concepts including algorithms, conditionals and debugging.
Top-secret Children's Spy Agency newest recruit Asha Joshi is back with a brand new mission. Asha is suspicious when evil teenage trillionaire Shelly Belly proposes to cut down all the trees in Asha’s favourite park to make room for CyberOaks: the new tech trees. Asha’s a top coder and super spy so she should be able to face robot security parrots, navigate a suspicious internship and travel to Shelly's super-confidential base in Scotland to crack the case. Will Asha and her robo-hamster sidekick Tumble be able to protect the park and save the day? The story is a great way to engage young readers in coding and critical-thinking as it combines STEM with exciting adventures. It is mapped onto key National Curriculum Computing KS1 and KS2 concepts including algorithms, conditionals and debugging.
256 pages, Paperback
First published June 2, 2022
About the author
Sophie Deen
10 books3 followersA former lawyer, techie and school counsellor, Sophie is an award-winning author and Founder of Bright Little Labs - a media company using stories to teach kids aged 3-11 about technology and coding. Their products have been voted as the Independent’s Top Coding Toy three years in a row.
In 2016 Sophie partnered with Walker Books to publish the first in a series of three children’s novels, Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes. The book follows a girl who becomes a top secret child spy and uses her coding ingenuity to defeat power hungry tech giants. It combines big ideas and puzzling questions into twist-y, turn-y STEM-themed adventures that teach kids the foundational skills of computer science: logic, sequencing and critical thinking.
Bright Little Labs create immersive worlds for kids to explore. They have also partnered with Turner to make cartoons and games so they can continue children's learning experiences across multiple platforms.
Sophie previously worked at Code Club, alongside Google and the Department For Education, to help introduce the new coding curriculum in primary schools. Sophie believes wholeheartedly in the power of creativity, toilet humour and stories to inspire the next generation.
She is an EDF Pulse Award 2017 winner, has been named one of Computer Weekly's 'Most influential women in UK IT' 2018 and 2017, Barclays/Everywoman ‘Startup Founder of the Year’ 2017, the British Interactive Media Association's ‘Innovator’ in 2017 and London Tech Week ‘Changemaker’ in 2018 for her work to inspire children into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). In 2019, she was featured in Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech shortlist.
In 2016 Sophie partnered with Walker Books to publish the first in a series of three children’s novels, Agent Asha: Mission Shark Bytes. The book follows a girl who becomes a top secret child spy and uses her coding ingenuity to defeat power hungry tech giants. It combines big ideas and puzzling questions into twist-y, turn-y STEM-themed adventures that teach kids the foundational skills of computer science: logic, sequencing and critical thinking.
Bright Little Labs create immersive worlds for kids to explore. They have also partnered with Turner to make cartoons and games so they can continue children's learning experiences across multiple platforms.
Sophie previously worked at Code Club, alongside Google and the Department For Education, to help introduce the new coding curriculum in primary schools. Sophie believes wholeheartedly in the power of creativity, toilet humour and stories to inspire the next generation.
She is an EDF Pulse Award 2017 winner, has been named one of Computer Weekly's 'Most influential women in UK IT' 2018 and 2017, Barclays/Everywoman ‘Startup Founder of the Year’ 2017, the British Interactive Media Association's ‘Innovator’ in 2017 and London Tech Week ‘Changemaker’ in 2018 for her work to inspire children into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). In 2019, she was featured in Computer Weekly’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Tech shortlist.
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September 8, 2022
This is a really fun book for early readers and those slightly older who love stories of adventure and intrigue. That it covers so much technological information is a big bonus. My daughter really enjoyed reading about the adventures of Asha and her sister Nush, with the robots drone and Tumble too of course. It brings a world which kids will probably need to know about (privacy, data, online advertising) as they grow up, into focus in an exciting and relatable way.
I think I was more excited than my daughter with the super cool agent ID card that came with the book! She loved the stickers, the wrapping, the whole package that came in the post too. And laughed a lot at the points where Tumble does his funny dances.
Personally as a woman of colour and mother, I was really happy with the characters in the book being so identifiable. We don't see enough of them in children's books at this level. Chalo, as Asha would say, time to go now!
I think I was more excited than my daughter with the super cool agent ID card that came with the book! She loved the stickers, the wrapping, the whole package that came in the post too. And laughed a lot at the points where Tumble does his funny dances.
Personally as a woman of colour and mother, I was really happy with the characters in the book being so identifiable. We don't see enough of them in children's books at this level. Chalo, as Asha would say, time to go now!
June 20, 2022
My son and I received this book as a gift. It came in clever packaging relating to the children's spy agency. This is indicative of the care and attention throughout the book. Other clever touches are QR codes that work and an accompanying app to the series that my 8-year-old boy loves.
We both loved reading the story together and he also read parts of it on his own (which he doesn't usually do to books outside of school). The story is engaging as well as informative. He enjoyed that there are plenty of pictures.
As a parent, I loved it as it has both a female coder hero and a female villain! It was also great to have a basis from which to discuss fake news, pop-ups and other issues in order to help our internet safety. We look forward to finishing the book and to exploring more in the series.
We both loved reading the story together and he also read parts of it on his own (which he doesn't usually do to books outside of school). The story is engaging as well as informative. He enjoyed that there are plenty of pictures.
As a parent, I loved it as it has both a female coder hero and a female villain! It was also great to have a basis from which to discuss fake news, pop-ups and other issues in order to help our internet safety. We look forward to finishing the book and to exploring more in the series.
October 18, 2022
Review by Zethea age 10
"I like the book because it had very nice illustrations and the spying was cool. I like Asha's personality and her sister Nush's desire to help the environment. Asha is determined, clever and she like does it by her own rules because she's not a CSA agent yet so she doesn't exactly need to follow the rules but she does need to follow some protocols.
The documents at the back of the book were quite funny and informative. I especially liked finding out what sidonglobophobia was and I think it's funny that Shelly Belly has it! I also like Amanda, Shelly's weird monkey panda thing."
"I like the book because it had very nice illustrations and the spying was cool. I like Asha's personality and her sister Nush's desire to help the environment. Asha is determined, clever and she like does it by her own rules because she's not a CSA agent yet so she doesn't exactly need to follow the rules but she does need to follow some protocols.
The documents at the back of the book were quite funny and informative. I especially liked finding out what sidonglobophobia was and I think it's funny that Shelly Belly has it! I also like Amanda, Shelly's weird monkey panda thing."
February 4, 2023
This book is the second book in a series, and I really hope there are more to read because they are so good!
The story follows Agent (on probation) Asha and her crew: Drone (a nanny bot), and Tumble (a hamster-like toy Asha invented and created) who are all determined to save the trees from Shelly Belly, who is planning to replace the trees with new and metal ones.
I would recommend this book to people who have read the previous book Mission Shark Bytes and for people who enjoy Agent Zaiba and Vi Spy. Any readers aged 8-12 might enjoy this.
The story follows Agent (on probation) Asha and her crew: Drone (a nanny bot), and Tumble (a hamster-like toy Asha invented and created) who are all determined to save the trees from Shelly Belly, who is planning to replace the trees with new and metal ones.
I would recommend this book to people who have read the previous book Mission Shark Bytes and for people who enjoy Agent Zaiba and Vi Spy. Any readers aged 8-12 might enjoy this.
November 17, 2024
I was looking for a Christmas present for my nephew and came across this series. As a software developer, I was naturally curious about a secret agent with computer coding skills. I thought this book was brilliant (and can’t wait for my nephew to read it, he just starting to learn Python programming).
The plot is outlandish and hilarious (as expected for a kids book) but the information provided about fake news, bots, algorithms, and coding is accurate. I was very impressed and would strongly recommend it to children with an interest in computer programming.
The plot is outlandish and hilarious (as expected for a kids book) but the information provided about fake news, bots, algorithms, and coding is accurate. I was very impressed and would strongly recommend it to children with an interest in computer programming.
June 21, 2022
Review from a Y4 Child at Cop Lane C.E Primary school -
I think this book was a 10/10. To be honest with you my favourite part was the bit when they went on the ferry I enjoyed this because there was a lot of drama in the scene and it was funny.I’d say this is wwwwwaaaaayyyyy better then the first one because it was funnier than the first one. Thank you for this book Sophie Deen I loved it very much and another thank you. BYE!
I think this book was a 10/10. To be honest with you my favourite part was the bit when they went on the ferry I enjoyed this because there was a lot of drama in the scene and it was funny.I’d say this is wwwwwaaaaayyyyy better then the first one because it was funnier than the first one. Thank you for this book Sophie Deen I loved it very much and another thank you. BYE!
June 18, 2022
I loved this book so much and it’s really good because it shows that girls can be detectives too and not just boys. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves spy stories and anyone really! A, aged 9
My daughter couldn’t put this book down, she loved the story and characters and it was so great to see such positive female role models. I would definitely recommend it!
My daughter couldn’t put this book down, she loved the story and characters and it was so great to see such positive female role models. I would definitely recommend it!
June 20, 2022
Not just an enjoyable read for the little ones. It is also a fun interactive learning experience for all.
November 4, 2023
Part 1 was interesting part 2 even better
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February 19, 2025Very anticipating. My daughter loves it and couldn't put it down I would recommend to anyone whose children love mysteries 😜😁
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