Gamer Girl
by:
Mari Mancusi (author)
Maddy's life couldn't get much worse. Her parents split and now she's stuck in a small town and at a new school. Most of the time, she retreats into her manga art, but when she gets into the Fields of Fantasy online computer game, she knows she's found the one place she can be herself. In the...
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Maddy's life couldn't get much worse. Her parents split and now she's stuck in a small town and at a new school. Most of the time, she retreats into her manga art, but when she gets into the Fields of Fantasy online computer game, she knows she's found the one place she can be herself. In the game world, Maddy can be the beautiful and magical Allora and have a virtually perfect life. And she even finds a little romance. But can Maddy escape her real-life problems altogether, or will she have to find a way to make her real world just as amazing as her virtual one?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142415092 (014241509X)
Publish date: June 24th 2010
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Games,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Sequential Art,
Manga,
Gaming
Okay I get that this is purely fictional and yet, I expected scenarios to be possible and not so far-fetched when it comes to realistic fiction. One of the elephantine/ginormous plotholes is something I wouldn't spoil. Never mind, here it is:tell me now, what are the odds that you will meet your cru...
This is cute. Review to follow.
I came across this while looking for read-alikes for Maki Murakami's Gamerz Heaven. Although I decided it wasn't a good read-alike, the manga and gaming aspects of the book appealed to me. Also, I was blinded by the cover art. If I ever hear that Elise Trinh, the cover artist, has illustrated a grap...
This was so fun to read. It was just cute and interesting. It was definitely an easy read, and it didn't really deal with any challenging topics, at least not for a contemporary novel. I figured there might be some bit about substance abuse or breaking the law, something Maddy would have to deal wit...
Putting it off for awhile. Sigh.
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