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A Beginner's Guide to Leveling Up: A Graphic Novel

by Elizabeth Agyemang

A sixth-grade quest through grief and change

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A sixth-grade quest through grief and change

Lexie’s middle-school year takes an unexpected turn when a journal among her late grandfather’s belongings leads her and her older sister into his unfinished video game, Warrior’s Quest. The pixelated fantasy adventure gives the story a game-based framework for exploring shifting friendships, family bonds, and the challenge of adapting to life after loss. Its middle-school setting keeps everyday concerns—clubs, lunch tables, and time with friends—in view even as the sisters confront monsters in the game. Presented as a graphic novel, it brings together fantasy adventure and the upheavals of growing up.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in fantasy graphic novels and video-game worlds.
  • Readers navigating friendship changes or interested in stories about grief and family relationships.
  • Kids around ages 9–12 looking for a middle-school adventure.

Themes

Grief and remembranceFriendship and changeFamily bondsMiddle-school lifeFantasy and gaming

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Book overview

TRON meets sixth grade in this heartfelt and fantastical graphic novel where a pixelated quest helps one girl navigate grief, friendship, and the wilds of middle school.

Sixth grade. The game just got real.

For Lexie, this year was supposed to be all about joining clubs, claiming the perfect lunch spot, and gaming after school with her best friends. But shifting friendships and the grief of losing her beloved grandfather make middle school feel more like someone switched her life to hard mode.

Then Lexie discovers a mysterious journal tucked inside her grandfather's things. It's filled with cryptic notes and cheat codes from an unfinished video game he was creating: Warrior's Quest. When Lexie and her older sister, Eunice, are suddenly transported into the game's pixelated world, the line between reality and fantasy starts to blur.

Can Lexie and her sister level up and face the monsters in the game--and in real life--or is it game over for good?
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