{"product_id":"insert-coin-to-continue-9781481447058","title":"Insert Coin to Continue","description":"In this hilarious, coming-of-age novel that's \"\u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e for the middle grade crowd\" (\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), twelve-year-old Bryan Biggins wakes up to find that his life has become a video game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Bryan Biggins. Most of the time he's a freckle-faced boy, small for his age, who attends a school known for its unwritten uniform of North Face jackets and Hollister jeans. The rest of the time he is Kieran Nightstalker, the level-fifty dark-elf hero of his favorite video game, \u003ci\u003eSovereign of Darkness.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one day Bryan wakes up to find out his life has become a video game. Sort of. Except instead of fighting dragons or blasting bad guys, he's still doing geometry and getting picked last for dodgeball. It's still middle school\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eOnly now there's much more at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStealing the Twinkie from underneath the noses of those dieting teachers isn't enough to earn him another life. And battling the creature that escaped from the science lab doesn't seem to cut it either. And who knew Romeo and Juliet would turn into a zombie bloodbath?  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the while he's losing hit points and gaining levels, and facing the truth that GAME OVER might flash before his eyes at any minute. It all seems to be building to something...something that has been haunting Bryan since way before his life turned into an X-Box nightmare, a challenge that only he can face. Will Bryan find a way to beat the game before it's too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aladdin Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481447058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e186586 \/ Insert Coin to Continue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John David Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36652998557852,"sku":"9781481447058","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ce79f95f-6919-44f3-8c19-b14eea27f599.jpg?v=1603880871","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/insert-coin-to-continue-9781481447058","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}