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Gamer Girl

by Mari Mancusi

Between a small-town school and a fantasy game

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Between a small-town school and a fantasy game

Maddy’s parents have split, and a move to a small town leaves her adjusting to a new school. She turns to manga art and an online fantasy game, where her avatar, Allora, is an elfin princess with magical powers. The contrast between Maddy’s everyday circumstances and the identity she inhabits in the game frames the book’s central question: whether virtual escape can be enough when real-life problems remain. The story brings together high-school adjustment, family change, creative interests, and online gaming in a young adult setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in stories about adjusting to a new school and family changes
  • Readers curious about online gaming, manga art, and fantasy avatars

Themes

Virtual identity and escapeFamily changeHigh-school adjustmentCreative expression

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Book overview

What do you do when your boring real life . . . doesn't live up to your amazing virtual reality?

"Mancusi believably captures the hopes, disappointments, and awkwardness of high school life."--Booklist

Meet Allora: beautiful elfin princess with magical powers--aka Maddy. In real life, Maddy's existence is all but magical. Her parents split and now she's stuck in a small town at a new school. Sometimes it's enough to retreat into her manga art, but when she gets the Fields of Fantasy online computer game for her birthday, she knows she's found the one place she can be herself.

In the game world, Maddy can have a perfect life. But is it enough to escape her real-life problems, or will she find a way to make her real world just as amazing as her virtual one?
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