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Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever — and his own deepest fears — in this electrifying thriller from the world's #1 bestselling writer.
D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park-killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. Local police are horrified and even the FBI...
D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park-killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. Local police are horrified and even the FBI...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
HL 480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
With loving adoptive parents, Rev Fletcher has managed to keep the demons of his past at bay... until he gets a letter from his abusive father. Emma Blue spends her time perfecting the computer game she built from scratch, rather than facing her parents'...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The squabbling in the Bear household between parents and cubs subsides after Mama and Papa Bear and Brother and Sister Bear perform humorous role-playing skits.
4) Epic
Author
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
On New Earth, Epic is not just a computer game, it's a matter of life and death. If you lose, you lose everything; if you win, the world is yours for the taking. Seeking revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents, Erik subverts the rules of the game, and he and his friends are drawn into a world of power-hungry dangerous players.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly...
6) Gamer girl
Author
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
As she struggles to fit in after her parents' divorce sends her from Boston to her grandmother's house in the country, sixteen-year-old Maddy forms a manga club at school and falls in love through an online fantasy game.
7) Somniphobia
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What are you running from? . . . Sam is afraid of just about anything and everything that's unhealthy ever since his father died. Something about the Springtrap costume in the role-playing area of Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex chills Luca to the core. And Grady's fear of being trapped in small spaces makes working as a Pizzaplex technician extremely challenging. But in the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, our deepest fears have a way of chasing...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the mystical realm of Bríandalör, every day the brave and the bold delve into hidden temples or forgotten dungeons, battling vile monsters and evil wizards to loot their treasure hoards for sweet, sweet magic items. But in their free time, our heroes--Thromdurr the mighty barbarian, Devis the shifty thief, Vela the noble paladin, Sorrowshade the Gloom Elf assassin, and Albiorix the (good!) wizard--need to relax and unwind. That's why they meet...
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 12
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
107, 7 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the Board of Inspectors threatening to shut down Rotten School, Bernie Bridges only has time for one last money-making scheme, but his friends are too obsessed with a role-playing video game to help him.
10) Out of character
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Cass lands the girlfriend of her dreams, she struggles to hide her secret online life where she role-plays fanfiction scenes with a group of internet strangers, and things get even more complicated when she winds up falling for her scene partner, Rowan.
11) Guy in real life
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The lives of two Minnesota teenagers are intertwined through the world of role playing games. It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and plays MMOs; Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to B̈̈jörk and Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. They should pick themselves up, continue on their way, and never talk to...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"New-girl Valeria Winters finds new friends in the Table Titans tabletop gaming club, but when the club is threatened, Val must join the wrestling team and make peace with her bully to save her new group of friends"--
13) Monster Camp
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
14) It's me!
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
The tale of Patricia, a preschooler with a big imagination and a penchant for dress up. Patricia appears to her family as a princess, witch, a little mommy and finally as a girl named Patricia. Everyone indulges her except her seemingly know-it-all brother, Danny.
Author
Series
Champion's quest volume 1
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
296 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Lucas Silver's life is about to change. He thinks it's because he's made plans to escape from his foster home and make his way to New York, but then he and his friend Miles and two girls they're acquainted with--Jasmine and Vanessa--find Hob and Bogie's Curiosity Shoppe and agree to play a game of Champion's Quest. When the four kids walk out the front door of the Curiosity Shoppe, they immediately discover they're no longer in West Virginia, but...
Author
Series
Champion's quest volume 2
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
275 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Wild Crows meet with Hob to join a new game of Champion's Quest but discover that they must win their game or the world of the Lower Etchlands, where the game is played, will cease to exist"--
Hello, Brave Reader: Youre just in time to roll the Die of Destiny and play a game of Champions quest. The wizard Questmaster Hob has summoned the Wild Crows on a new adventure. But not everything is what it seems. A new, sinister Questmaster creates...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her boyfriend excludes her from participating in a roleplaying game, high school senior Hollie joins an all-girls group where an in-game romance has the potential to be more than just pretend.
Hollis Beckwith isn't trying to get a girl--she's just trying to get by. For a fat, broke girl with anxiety, the start of senior year brings enough to worry about. And besides, she already has a boyfriend: Chris. Their relationship isn't particularly exciting,...