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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
2) Warcross
Author
Series
Warcross volume 1
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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Description
"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"--
For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isnt just a gameits a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit....
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
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In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Author
Series
Mortality doctrine volume 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
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"Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secret's out"--
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Language
English
Description
"A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a 'reward seeker,' traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. But what seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America's tech hub and the cutthroat billion-dollar video-gaming industry....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
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Description
When Sunny's father enters a video game, he finds himself as the evil King Viking. But he is not very good at playing, so King Viking finds himself falling down and getting lost, and wondering if he will ever escape from the game.
Author
Series
Mortality doctrine volume 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Description
Michael completed the Path. What he found at the end turned everything he'd ever known about his life completely upside down. He thought he'd been helping VirtNet Security to track down the cyber-terrorist Kaine. He thought the VirtNet would be safe for gamers once more. But the truth is more terrifying than he could ever have imagined. Kaine is in fact a Tangent, a computer program that has come alive. And Kaine's master plan is to populate the earth...
9) Glitch
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Lexile measure
GN 360L
Language
English
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Description
Izzy gets sucked into the world of her new video game, where a robot named Rae tells her she is destined to save Dungeon City from the Big Boss.
Izzy has an incredible secret -- she can enter the world of her new video game! She meets Rae, a robot who says Izzy is destined to save Dungeon City from the Big Boss. How is this possible?! And how can she fight for this virtual world when she's got a whole real life to keep up with: her family (though...
10) Ripper: a novel
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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This is a fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco through Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world. Indiana Jackson is thirty-three years old and works in San Francisco at an alternative medicine clinic that attracts all sorts of characters, some of them skeptics, who fall for her candour and humility. Her teenage daughter, Amanda,...
Author
Series
Mortality doctrine volume 3
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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Description
"Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, must stop the Mortality Doctrine and those behind it now as the fate of humanity is in the balance" --
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his creative side. As if that s not scary enough, Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, it sparks an idea. Can he get his mom off his back by making a movie . . . and will he become rich and famous...
13) Level 13
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Series
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
"Cameron Boxer, king of the slackers, has finally found something worth his time. By gaming online he can find both fame and fortune--especially with Elvis (a beaver who seems to love video games as much as Cam) at his side. Or on his shoulder. The only problem? Things keep getting in the way of Cam's gaming. Like school. And the club he accidentally started. And the misguided people in his life who don't think beavers should be playing video games....
14) Slacker
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Series
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
15) Insignia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
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Description
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
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Description
"With hundreds of millions of players around the world, Fortnite is the video game sensation that has taken the world by storm. Its unique design combines the construction and problem solving of games like Minecraft with competitive online battles. In this book, readers will learn everything they need to know to get started in their first online Battle Royale matches. Includes table of contents, author biography, sidebars, glossary, index, and informative...
17) Survival mode!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Minecraft® is the best-selling video game of all time! And now learning to read has never been more fun for fans of the game ages 4 to 7. They'll get a great introduction to the game's Survival Mode when two players Emmy and Birch--and their tame wolf Byte--set out to explore, build, craft--and survive--in the epic expanse of the Overworld!" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
When a stranded hero stumbles upon another castaway, they discover that teamwork might be the secret to survival.
Wandering a vast, icy tundra, the explorer has never felt more alone. Is there anything out here? Did I do the right thing by leaving the safety of my island? Should I give up and go back? So many questions, and no time to pondernot when dark is falling and dangerous mobs are on the horizon. Gurgling zombies and snarling wolves lurk in...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
With the gang spread across the country (and beyond) at college, Spencer is back to feeling out of place, even when he returns home over winter break. Desperate to escape his grandfather who is sharing his room, and to feel confident again, he attempts to fix the broken Jumanji video game, giving his friends no choice but to level up and return to rescue him.