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Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg, a self-confessed "indoor person," is living out his ultimate summer fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg's mom has a different vision for an ideal summer one packed with outdoor activities and "family togetherness."
2) Gaming
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Do video gaming and STEAM have anything in common? To help answer that, let's define the elements of a video game. In the book The Art of Video Game Design, author Jesse Schell defines a game as a "problem-solving activity done with a playful attitude." No matter what video game you play, that game will have four core elements: Aesthetics, Story, Technology, and Mechanics. Aesthetics dictate how a game looks and feels and what you will see and hear...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
If playing video games is so much fun, how much fun would it be to make them? Designing video games is a very demanding career, but it is also incredibly exhilarating. From the necessary education to the daily routines, take a detailed look inside what it takes to win as a video game designer.
Author
Series
Trapped in a video game volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Trapped. Jesse Rigsby is trapped in the video game Full Blast. His dumb friend Eric probably has something to do with this, but Jesse doesn't have time to worry about that now, because he's got a blaster stuck to his arm, a man-sized praying mantis thing chasing him and...is that the Statue of LIberty taking off like a rocket ship? Something weird is going on, and Jesse had better figure out what it is fast, because he's about to be trapped for good"--Back...
Author
Language
English
Description
Four strangers meet in The Realm, a virtual world populated with violence, ogres, and mythical creatures, and fight one another for ultimate power in the virtual realm, but when one of their lives is struck by tragedy, the group uses their online network to offer support.
Author
Series
Diary of an 8-bit warrior volume 3
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After the recent mob attacks, the entire village decides to prepare for the next offensive, and Runt increases his efforts to be one of the five best students in school and become the warrior of his dreams.
10) Catalyst
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Tom Raines and his friends return to the Spire for their third year as superhuman government weapons, but the rules have been changed and Tom's training is put to the test"--
12) Minecraft
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book explores the inception and evolution of Minecraft, highlighting the game's key creators, super players, and the cultural crazes inspired by the game. Special features include side-by-side comparisons of the game over time and a behind-the-screen look into the franchise. Other features include a table of contents, fun facts, a timeline and an index.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sarah is new to the world of Minecraft, so she turns to veteran player Hector for help, but after showing reluctance, Sarah's enthusiasm and all-around energy bring Hector around, and the two become partners and friends.
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The Big Book of Building, Mods & Circuits is packed with the most recent training, tools, and techniques to help readers get more out of their favorite sandbox game. 2015 was a pivotal year for Minecraft, and this book captures all the latest and greatest things that have happened to one of the most brilliant and immersive games in video game history."--Provided from Amazon.com.
15) Survival quest
Author
Series
Way of the Shaman volume Bk.1
Language
English
Description
Barliona. A virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles - and predictably, players. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves and magic, dragons and princesses, and unforgettable combat. The game has become so popular that players now choose to spend months online without returning home. In Barliona, anything goes: you can assault fellow players, level up, become a mythical hero, a wizard...
17) Slacker
Author
Series
Slacker volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...
18) Gamer army
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes). Naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something...
Author
Series
Way of the Shaman volume Bk.2
Language
English
Description
"A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result, the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money. It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
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