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The story starts with gadget-girl Barbie wanting to create a video game. The only problem is that Barbie is actually a graphic designer--NOT a computer engineer. She calls on her friends named Stephen and Brian asking if they could do the actual programming using her ideas. 

So far, all we know is that "Computer Engineer" Barbie cannot do the job of a computer engineer. Are you confused yet? Keep reading.

While sending her designs to Stephen and Brian, her computer screen starts blinking and then crashes. Oh no!

Luckily, Barbie backed-up her files on a flash drive and asks her sister if she can download the files on her laptop. When she puts the flash drive in her sister's computer, her laptop also crashes. Barbie belives that the flash drive has a virus and runs to school to try to fix it.

During class, Barbie ignores her female computer teacher who is trying to help fix the virus and instead does the next best thing: she calls Stephen and Brian.

After her files have been recovered, she presents the game she designed to the class. No where does she thank Stephen and Brian for their help and instead takes all of the credit- even though she didn't do much of the work. The last page of the book writes, "Barbie's terrific computer skills have saved the day for both sisters!".

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by GL | 2/1/2016