In Real Life

Wildcard: Warcross

Time Riders

The Fox Inheritance

The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra

The True Meaning of Smekday

Operation Do-Over

We Are All That's Left

It's the twenty-first century, and all over the world, MMORPGs are big business. Hidden away in China and elsewhere, young players are pressed into working as "gold-farmers," amassing game-wealth that's sold to Western players at a profitable markup. Some of these pieceworkers rebel, trying to go into business for themselves--but there's little to stop their bosses from dragging them back into servitude. Some of them, like young Mala in the slums of Bombay--nicknamed "General Robotwallah" for her self-taught military skill--become enforcers for the bosses, but that only buys them so much. All the way over in L.A., young Wei-Dong, obsessed with Asian youth culture and MMORPGs, knows the system is rigged, knows that kids everywhere are being exploited. Finally, he and his Asian counterparts begin to work together to claim their rights. Under the noses of the ruling elites, they fight the bosses, the game owners and the rich speculators, outsmarting them with their street-gaming skills. But soon the battle will spill over from the virtual world to the real one, leaving the young rebels fighting not just for their rights, but for their lives....

Courage

Friendship

Adventure

For the Win

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In Real Life

Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang, 2014

Wildcard: Warcross

Marie Lu, 2018

Time Riders

Alex Scarrow, Anne Lauricella, 2014

The Fox Inheritance

Mary E. Pearson, 2011

The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra

Jason Fry, 2013

The True Meaning of Smekday

Adam Rex, 2007

Operation Do-Over

Gordon Korman, 2022

We Are All That's Left

Carrie Arcos, 2018