"Ultimately, Doctorow and Wang want us to consider what it means to be part of groups that hate other groups, and how technology and persistence can help us overcome such barriers. In Real Life is a touching and morally complex tale for young adults. 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.
Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing.īut 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. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends.
It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. "A lovely graphic novel for gamer girls of all ages." -Felicia DayĪnda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. 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.įrom acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang comes a New York Times-bestselling graphic novel that takes a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing.īut 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. Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on.
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