{"product_id":"in-real-life-9781596436589","title":"In Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnda 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, \u003ci\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title has common Core connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e First Second\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596436589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Cybils - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire Books of the Yr\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e168465 \/ In Real Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade Plus \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cory Doctorow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661208809628,"sku":"9781596436589","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7fc0085f-673f-4542-96bd-c22d21766092.jpg?v=1603898914","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-real-life-9781596436589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}