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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
"In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Five best friends in a high school computer club get sucked into an underground hacker's game run by a mysterious A.I. that thinks it's God; as the Game pits them against each other, it offers the ultimate promise--win and learn the meaning of life or die.
4) Elusion
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Teens uncover the dangerous secrets of a virtual reality program that's taking the country by storm"--
To enter Elusion, you need an app, a visor, and a wristband. You'll be virtually transported to an exotic destination where adventure comes without the complications or consequences of real life. When there are accusations that Elusion is addictive and dangerous, Regan is determined to defend it and is pulled into incredible new worlds... only...
Author
Publisher
Omni Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the far future, true interlinked VR has finally become a reality. Follow Eric Serpens as he enters an artificial world to battle it out for fame and fortune. Facing threats both in body and mind, he must look to overcome these challenges to triumph over all who look to stop him. Engaging in fights that are not just about hacking and slashing one's way through victory but out-thinking the competition and leveraging every advantage available. Players...
9) Black water
Author
Series
Pendragon volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Just when 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler he is faced with an impossible choice.
10) Snow crash
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2000, c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Hiro Protagonist, a pizza delivery man in future America, lives an alternate life as a warrior prince in the Metaverse where he embarks on a search-and-destroy mission for the virtual-reality villain who is trying to bring about infocalypse.
11) Reamde
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
"A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in the internationally best-selling futuristic novel, Ready Player One, that inspired a blockbuster Steven Spielberg film"--
Days after winning control of OASIS, the immersive virtual reality environment in which most of humanity chooses to live, Wade Watts discovers a world-changing technological advancement and draws the attention of a merciless...
13) Fantasy in death
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is having as much trouble figuring out how Bart Minnock, founder of the computer-gaming giant U-Play, was murdered as who did the murdering in this mystery revolving around a fantasy game of ultimate seduction and death.
14) Virtually dead
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Staggering under the grief and financial burden left by his recently deceased wife, crime-scene photographer Michael Kapinsky enters a virtual world called Second Life to participate in a new kind of group therapy, but once there, his persona, Chas Chesnokov, uncovers a series of killings and a financial scam that is netting a murderer millions of dollars.
Author
Publisher
Nova
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Estamos en el año 2044 y, como el resto de la humanidad, Wade Watts prefiere mil veces el videojuego de OASIS al cada vez más sombrío mundo real. Se asegura que esconde las diabólicas piezas de un rompecabezas cuya resolución conduce a una fortuna incalculable. Las claves del enigma están basadas en la cultura de finales del siglo XX y, durante años, millones de humanos han intentado dar con ellas, sin éxito.
18) Outbreak
Author
Series
Dotto hakku // Mō hitotsu no tanjō volume 2
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
With her brother in a coma, Akira once again enters The World, where she works with Kite to unravel the mysteries of the Epitaph of Twilight and the cursed Wave. With the virus spreading and Mia acting strangely, they wonder if they should make a deal with Balmung. Should Akira tell Kite about her brother?
19) The Ruby code
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who thanks him with a copy of an old fantasy game called The Glass Realm. While exploring the game, Ash meets a seemingly humble shopkeeper named Ruby. But from the start, Ruby seems different than the other townsfolk--especially when she and Ash stumble across an in-game quest designed not for...
20) The Order
Author
Publisher
BreakNeck Media
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Mysterious gateways are appearing throughout the universe, bridging violent civilizations, leading to war, and sowing chaos. While some species succumb to the pandemonium, the Chut'un forge an unholy symbiotic relationship-The Order-with red Europhids, a vast hive intelligence populating the universe's far reaches. Desiring structure and fearing the unknown, they cull everything opposed to their plan, including the Europhids' blue counterparts, carrying...
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