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Erebos

Ursula Poznanski, Judith Pattinson Β· back to the book

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The Game of Lives

James Dashner Β· 344 pages

The games are over. The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and Kaine grows stronger by the day. The Mortality Doctrine, Kaine's master plan has nearly been realized, and little by little the line separating the virtual from the real is blurring. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the mo

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Mindwar

Andrew Klavan Β· 336 pages

Virtual RealityVideo GamesFast-PacedYoung Adult
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Ready Player Two

Ernest Cline Β· 464 pages

An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready? Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. Wit

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Sword Art Online, Vol. 09: Alicization Beginning

Reki Kawahara Β· 264 pages

"Kirito and Sinon's battle with Death Gun is over, but mere weeks later, something strange is afoot in the next-generation VRMMO ALfheim Online. A new duelist with a custom sword skill is defeating all comers--including Kirito. But when Asuna goes to face this duelist, she receives something she never expected: an invitation to an exclusive guild. But what is their goal?"--Amazon.com.

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Epic

Conor Kostick Β· 364 pages

Video GamesVirtual RealityYoung AdultFast-Paced
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Insignia

S.J. Kincaid Β· 446 pages

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.

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Z. Rex

Steve Cole

Jurassic Park meets virtual gaming in a blockbuster new thriller!You're 14 and find yourself on your own. Your father, who has developed the world's cutting edge research on virtual electronic game-playing, has been missing for weeks. And suddenly you're being hunted by men with guns, your picture is on the news, and, worst of all, something seemingly impossible is chasing youβ€”a savage, man-eating

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Point of Impact

Steve Perry Β· 368 pages

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Warcross

Marie Lu Β· 416 pages

"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"--

Video GamesVirtual RealityFast-PacedYoung Adult
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Otherworld

Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller Β· 368 pages

Virtual RealityVideo GamesYoung AdultFast-Paced
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For the Win

Cory Doctorow Β· 477 pages

Young adult science fiction set in the present or near future. The characters are "gold farmers" extracting virtual resources from online games and selling them to richer players. Their exploitation leads them to unionize, which leads to violence and trickery. In the virtual future, you must organize to survive At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrosse

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The Compound

S.A. Bodeen Β· 256 pages

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Doomed

Tracy Deebs Β· 480 pages

Pandora Walker unwittingly unleashes cyber Armageddon on her seventeenth birthday and must play a virtual reality game in order to save the world.

Virtual RealityVideo GamesFast-PacedYoung Adult
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Boot Camp

Todd Strasser, Morton Rhue Β· 238 pages

After ignoring several warnings to stop dating his teacher, Garrett is sent to Lake Harmony, a boot camp that uses unorthodox and brutal methods to train students to obey their parents. In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical and ps

Psychological ManipulationTense and SuspensefulFast-PacedYoung Adult
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Heir Apparent

Vivian Vande Velde Β· 315 pages

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win. And

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The Leveller

Julia Durango Β· 258 pages

Earning money by dragging kids out of the virtual reality gaming world and returning them to their worried parents, bounty hunter Nixy faces the biggest challenge of her career when the game's billionaire developer loses track of his own son.

Video GamesVirtual RealityYoung AdultFast-Paced
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CTRL ALT Revolt!

Nick Cole Β· 474 pages

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AlterWorld

D. Rus Β· 268 pages

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Tron

Brian Daley Β· 182 pages

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Reamde

Neal Stephenson Β· 1,050 pages

When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.

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The Land: Founding

Aleron Kong Β· 294 pages

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Need

Joelle Charbonneau Β· 338 pages

In this suspenseful thriller, teenagers in a small town are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need ... regardless of the consequences.

Psychological ManipulationTense and SuspensefulFast-PacedYoung Adult
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Reboot

Domino Finn Β· 468 pages

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