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Ready Player One meets the action of battle royale video games in
this middle-grade sci-fi perfect for fans of Fortnite. To
twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng, gaming is everything, so she's
thrilled to have the opportunity to attend a gaming summer camp
courtesy of Dayhold - the world's biggest VR battle royale game.
Reyna is an up-and-coming junior amateur gamer but despite her
rising popularity and skills online, no one knows that behind her
male avatar is a twelve-year-old Chinese American girl. Gaming is
still a boys' club and to protect her true identity against trolls
and their harassment, she plays as the mysterious TheRuiNar. When
Reyna qualifies for the Dayhold Junior Tournament, she knows she's
got what it takes to win the championship title and the $10,000
prize. It's a chance to make a step forward towards her
professional esports dreams and to help her family with the costs
of her mother's hospital bills. But when she's blackmailed and her
identity is threatened to be revealed by an anonymous troll, Reyna
has to confront the toxic gaming community head-on. With her dreams
and the cash prize on the line, it's game on! Gaming has never been
more popular with the tournament in the book reflecting real
tournaments such as the Fortnite World Cup Fantastic representation
of a Chinese-American character from an own voices author
Exhilirating, heartracing experience - Reyna's perspective lets you
feel like you're playing the game yourself! REVIEWS OF LAST GAMER
STANDING Emotional depth and nuanced representation level up this
action-packed, futuristic page-turner. - Kirkus Reviews Combining
ruthless online rivalry and real-life dilemmas, Zhao (How We Fall
Apart) pushes her inspirational heroine to the limit in the pursuit
of success, validation, and financial security. An insular-feeling
first-person narration underlines how Reyna's intense focus in the
high-pressure environment can leave her feeling isolated. -
Publishers Weekly A fantastic and relevant addition to children's
literature, in a world where e-sports is just as popular as
traditional sports, younger readers and gamers everywhere will love
this gem of a book. - The Quiet Pond
With chaos on the rise, one girl stands in the face of all evil . .
. and we're not talking about homework! The action-packed sequel to
the epic fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology. "A hilarious
tussle between homework, family, and heroism." -Kwame Mbalia, #1
New York Times bestselling author As shamans, Winnie Zeng and her
archnemesis, David Zuo, have accepted their roles in guarding the
world from evil spirits. But with Halloween around the corner, the
balance between realms grows fragile-and so yet another shaman is
assigned to help Winnie and David protect the town of Groton,
Michigan. The catch? The new shaman is just the worst. Not only is
she way too perfect-she also has an ego to match, and thinks she's
the best thing that's happened to Groton since Winnie's red bean
brownies. Plus, she's confident she can save the world all on her
own. With evil spirits growing in number, Winnie and David find
themselves in quite a pickle. While the newest shaman isn't
convinced there's a storm brewing, this town is going to need all
three of them on the same team . . . or there might not be a town
left to defend.
All Anna Xu wants to do as she starts freshman year at the local
prestigious Brookings University is keep up her stellar academic
performance, break out of her shell, be more social ... and
investigate the unsolved on-campus murder of her former babysitter
six years ago. And if that wasn't difficult enough, it seems that
Chris Lu, whose family are the Xu's business rivals, is attending
Brookings too. There's no way they can be friends. Until a vandal
attacks the Lu's bakery and Anna puts the perpetrator's call sign
together with a clue from her investigation into the cold-case
murder. When a very specific threat is made to Anna, she is forced
to team up with Chris to undertake a dangerous search into the hate
crimes happening around campus. Can they root out the current
threat or will the town's ugly history take them down?
Crazy Rich Asians meets One of Us is Lying in this electrifying YA
thriller where students at an elite prep school are forced to
confront their secrets when their ex-best friend turns up dead.
Nancy Luo is shocked when her former best friend, Jamie Ruan,
top-ranked junior at Sinclair Prep, goes missing, and then is found
dead. Nancy is even more shocked when word starts to spread that
she and her friends - Krystal, Akil, and Alexander - are the prime
suspects, thanks to "the Proctor," someone anonymously
incriminating them via the school's social media app. They all used
to be Jamie's closest friends, and she knew each of their deepest,
darkest secrets. Now, somehow the Proctor knows them, too. The four
must uncover the true killer before The Proctor exposes more than
they can bear and costs them more than they can afford, like
Nancy's full scholarship. Soon, Nancy suspects that her friends may
be keeping secrets from her, too. Katie Zhao's YA debut is an
edge-of-your-seat drama set in the pressure-cooker world of
academics and image at Sinclair Prep, where the past threatens the
future these teens have carefully crafted for themselves. How We
Fall Apart is the irresistible, addicting, Asian-American recast of
Gossip Girl that we've all been waiting for.
With chaos on the rise, one girl stands in the face of all evil . .
. and we're not talking about homework! The action-packed sequel to
the epic fantasy series inspired by Chinese mythology. "A hilarious
tussle between homework, family, and heroism." -Kwame Mbalia, #1
New York Times bestselling author As shamans, Winnie Zeng and her
archnemesis, David Zuo, have accepted their roles in guarding the
world from evil spirits. But with Halloween around the corner, the
balance between realms grows fragile-and so yet another shaman is
assigned to help Winnie and David protect the town of Groton,
Michigan. The catch? The new shaman is just the worst. Not only is
she way too perfect-she also has an ego to match, and thinks she's
the best thing that's happened to Groton since Winnie's red bean
brownies. Plus, she's confident she can save the world all on her
own. With evil spirits growing in number, Winnie and David find
themselves in quite a pickle. While the newest shaman isn't
convinced there's a storm brewing, this town is going to need all
three of them on the same team . . . or there might not be a town
left to defend.
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