5/24/2023 0 Comments In real life by jen wang![]() I would have still understood and enjoyed the story without it, but it definitely helped. For one, it gave me the reader necessary background to the story I was about to read. I was thinking, "Wow, this is heavy right off," but I came to appreciate it. ![]() In Real Life starts off with an introduction that is pretty intense. I've been meaning to get a chance to read one of the great YA Comics offerings from First Second Books, so I was glad when I remembered to stash In Real Life in my purse before going off to the hair dresser today. ![]() 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 ( Little Brother, For the Win ) and Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow and Koko Be Good creator Jen Wang, In Real Life is a perceptive and high-stakes look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture clash. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends.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 be a leader, a fighter, a hero. ![]() ![]() Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role-playing game where she spends most of her free time. ![]()
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