Josh Willett is a sixth-grader who loves biking, skateboarding and, most of all, computers. He practices coding after school and uses his laptop in every class. Every class, that is, except English.

One of my all-time favorite memories was about a road trip. My family was driving somewhere, I think it was Disneyland, and we decided to listen to the audiobook of Frindle by Andrew Clements. Despite ...