| In Real Life Contributor(s): Doctorow, Cory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0606382194 ISBN-13: 9780606382199 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $32.98 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Computers & Digital Media - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 390 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 8.3" (1.10 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Topical - Internet |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 168465 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer -- a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake. From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, "In Real Life" is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. |