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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Language
English
Description
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
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 11
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...
3) Warcross
Author
Series
Warcross volume 1
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"--
4) The gauntlet
Author
Series
Gauntlet volume 1
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed.
5) Jumanji
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
There's a fine line between real life and video games in this engrossing novel that's part Kathryn Erskine's Mockingbird, part Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls. Severkin is an elf who slinks through the shadows of Wellhall's spiraling stone towers, plundering ancient ruins and slaying mystical monstrosities with ease. He's also a character in a video game--a character that twelve-year-old Nick Reeves plays when he needs a break from the real world....
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 36
Language
English
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Description
Spurred on by the promise of a mystery prize, Harry and Doug are determined to win the most points on Field Day, but Harry's sneaky tactics annoy their competition, making the two boys targets for revenge.
Author
Series
Unbelievably boring Bart volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Brainy twelve-year-old Bart attracts little attention at his new middle school near Hollywood, California, but whenever he can get around his gym-coach father, he secretly hunts electricity-guzzling aliens.
12) Game slaves
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A highly intelligent group of video game enemy non-player characters (NPC) begins to doubt they are merely codes in a machine. Their search for answers leads them to a gruesome discovery"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
Description
Grab your pickaxes and jump back into the action in this third installment of the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior graphic novel series! Perfect for fans of Minecraft and the hit series Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior, volume three will knock your blocks off!
The pixelated adventures continue in this graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior series! Readers can reconnect with their favorite characters...
Author
Series
League of griefers volume 5
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When skeletons corner Noah and Violet, the duo escapes through a portal to the Nether. Trouble brews as Noah accidentally leaves the portal open and the mobs from the Overworld enter the Nether. Noah and Violet must battle hostile mobs from both worlds to survive"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Tales of an 8-Bit Kitten volume 1
Language
English
Description
When a kitten named Eeebs disobeys his parents, he finds himself in a strange world full of frightening creatures and fiery hazards: the Nether. He discovers he has new supernatural abilities, but will that be enough to stop the army of EnderStar, a rogue enderman set on dominating the Overworld? To save his home, Eeebs must fulfill an ancient prophecy and become the champion of the Nether.
Author
Series
Escape from a video game volume 1
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure was supposed to set a new standard for gaming. Then, just one month before its release date, it fell off the face of the earth. Now, for the first time, you get a chance to play the mysterious game--from the inside. You are the hero in this innovative pick-your-plot story. As you outsmart enemies, solve puzzles, and explore...
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