Another winner from Pocket Change Collective! This is a quick (as these PCC books are) but informative read that will leave a lasting impact on it's readers. A major resource for teachers of teen students, in my opinion.

While a short book, Black Internet Effect was an impactful one. Coming from the tech industry, BIPOC voices and journeys are wildly underrepresented. Shavone’s story is one that is needed

Black Internet Effect is a short but impactful story of Shavone Charles. A Black woman talking about her experience in the tech world.

I think this is amazing for teens to have available. It’s inspiring and it shows them that BIPOC have a space in that industry too.

Do you know a high school senior or a college student who is wondering what their next step is going to be? Are they concerned about their first job or internship and how they might fit in as their first time in the workplace? I recommend that they check out the story of Shavone Charles in her book Black Internet Effect.

Shavone discusses her thinking behind why she chose to be a workplace advocate for employees of color. Because she graduated from a small college, she felt like an outsider when she landed a coveted internship at Google. Being a young Black woman in the workplace also added a layer of discomfort and isolation to her experience.

Shavone describes her journey from Merced College to internships at Google and Twitter (where she landed her first job.) She talks about how she found community for herself and created safe spaces for her colleagues of color to find community as well. She also talks about why it is important for women of color in particular to feel empowered in the work place.

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This is a short, but powerful book. I love that it is only 64 pages because it creates an opening for a reader who may feel overwhelmed with long texts to accomplish the goal of finishing a book in a short amount of time. The style, topics and format of the books in the Pocket Collection has me brainstorming ways these books could be included in curriculum. They address interesting and relevant topics, are written by youth close to the age of high school students and are brief so that discussion can occur in depth about the entire book.

Super insightful look at Black people's addition to the internet-sphere and popular culture. An excellent addition to the Pocket Change Collection.

This book was a short read that is honestly really good for younger teens to give them ideas and have confidence to reach their goals that people may tell them is impossible. It takes about who is and who isn't empowered on the internet and how embracing yourself and being who you are can get you farther than you ever thought. This would be a great book to have in schools or use to teach internet safety in general

A bit late on my review, but wanted to make sure I share how important BLACK INTERNET EFFECT by Shavone Charles is to the conversation about safety and who is (and is not) empowered online today. This is one I'll add to my collection, like most of this series, some of which I've bought multiple times because I've ended up giving them away. BLACK INTERNET EFFECT is one I may have all of my younger creative writing students read so that we can discuss what it means to share your words with the world today.

Black Internet Effect is a short and incredibly impactful read that I honestly think everyone could benefit from, for many different reasons. This can definitely open your eyes to the world around you and will especially be impactful to POC youth. Every library should stock this.

I really enjoyed this short but impactful story of Shavone Charles going through her life as a black female doing what seemed impossible to others. I think that I thought about my own story in a very similar way, as I am a black person in a space that has become a very white centric career, but i am hoping to change and impact that, especially as a queer black person!

This book was a short read that is honestly really good for younger teens to give them ideas and have confidence to reach their goals that people may tell them is impossible. While this books doesnt necessarily give tips on how to be successful in the world of the internet and social media, it does show that going back to our roots and embracing your full self will get you more places than you may think.

Thank you again Penguin Teen for this book! I cannot wait to read the others!

This novel is not only part of my favorite collections from the publisher right now, but possibly my favorite in the collection thus far. Charles tells a story that makes you want to keep reading, but also change the world with her. I have never been as inspired by one of these stories as I was by Black Internet Effect. I will recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to read it.

Accessed this on NetGalley via the PYR Fall 2022 Educator and Librarian Preview.

This was more of an autobiographical essay than an uplifting manifesto, which is sort of what I thought (and was hoping) it would be. The writing was also oversimplified and stilted to the point where I wondered if this was supposed to be for middle grade, and even then, it should have been executed better. Believe that young readers are capable of complex thought and comprehension! There's no need to be so wooden.

At 64 pages this is pretty short, but I felt like I had a handle on it a third of the way through and skimmed the rest. Again, this is more of a personal story about Charles' journey and a recounting of realizations, and I was expecting an actual outline that included tips and showed clear steps to take if you are a young person of color trying to break into the tech industry.

Two stars because I felt misled by the copy, but the actual content itself is probably three stars, if you consider it an autobiography. Just okay.

This was a short but really important read by and about Shavone Charles and her truly amazing career breaking down barriers and creating space for men and women of color at some of the biggest companies (google, Facebook, Twitter) in the world. Her message of being true to who you are and always taking a chance are inspirational and motivational and I look forward to sharing her journey with my students.

Such a small book but with so much quick & punch to it. I love that this book is by a black woman, a black successful woman, a black woman that is succeeding in the IT world, a world that is mostly dominated by white men. Shavone Charles really puts it out there that there are spaces for BIPOC, especially BIPOC that are women, in the IT world. It really gives hope that there are other paths than just being a doctor or a lawyer. Many counselors or teachers don’t push much outside of the fact that students need to go to college and they have to go for popular careers such as law or medicine. But counselors really should push the IT world so that these young minds out there know there are other possibilities out there waiting for them.