I am blogging about these books together because they are both about video games, but couldn't be more different in their storylines.
Game Over, Pete Watson is a whimsical little story about a kid who is just trying to afford his new video game. He sells what he thinks is an vintage gaming console and almost destroys the world. I like the way Pete tells his story. He remarks throughout the book about what it will be like when his book becomes more interactive like a game.
Leveller is completely different. It is not whimsical, it is much darker. Nixy lives in a world where kids can access a virtual reality gaming world. There are rules and time limits but sometimes people don't follow those rules. Nixy's job is to go into the virtual world and bring people back. But now, she has a much bigger job. The creator of the virtual world's son has gone missing in the virtual world and it is Nixy's job to go find him and bring him back. This was a very exciting book with a very unexpected ending.
I hope you enjoy both of these "gaming" books.
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