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In Real Life

by Jen Wang, Cory Doctorow
In Real Life
In Real Life

Virtual gaming meets real-world ethical dilemmas.

If you're someone who enjoys delving into the gray areas of online interactions and digital ethics, "In Real Life" might strike a chord with you. Doctorow's storytelling skillfully intertwines the escapism of gaming with the stark realities faced by people across the globe. It's a short read that could change the way you see your online world and its hidden human connections.

  • Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2016)
  • Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

In Real Life

by Jen Wang, Cory Doctorow
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ISBN: 9781250144287
Authors: Jen Wang, Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Square Fish
Date of Publication: 2018-02-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Young Adult, Graphic Novels/Comics/Manga, Fantasy, Contemporary
Related Topics: Graphic Novels, Teen, Realistic Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.8
(rated by 39898 readers)

Description

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer--a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake.
 

Virtual gaming meets real-world ethical dilemmas.

If you're someone who enjoys delving into the gray areas of online interactions and digital ethics, "In Real Life" might strike a chord with you. Doctorow's storytelling skillfully intertwines the escapism of gaming with the stark realities faced by people across the globe. It's a short read that could change the way you see your online world and its hidden human connections.

  • Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2016)
  • Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.