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Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi

Gamer Girl

Mari Mancusi

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · June 24, 2010

Maddy's life couldn't get much worse.

Contemporary YA RomanceYA Divorce & Marriage StoriesYA Tech & Digital Life
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Who it’s for
Manga art and online fantasy offer escape, while real-life troubles keep pressing at the edges.
Themes
Family change, Self-expression, Real life and virtual identity
Genres
YA Tech & Digital Life, Contemporary YA Romance, YA Divorce & Marriage Stories

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About this book

Maddy's life couldn't get much worse. Her parents split and now she's stuck in a small town and at a new school. Most of the time, she retreats into her manga art, but when she gets into the Fields of Fantasy online computer game, she knows she's found the one place she can be herself. In the game world, Maddy can be the beautiful and magical Allora and have a virtually perfect life. And she even finds a little romance.

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But can Maddy escape her real-life problems altogether, or will she have to find a way to make her real world just as amazing as her virtual one?

Two Worlds, One Self

Manga art and online fantasy offer escape, while real-life troubles keep pressing at the edges.

Come here for

  • A teen finding room to be herself in a fantasy game
  • A mix of virtual romance and everyday upheaval

Expect

  • A sustained story about escape and finding your footing
  • Fantasy wish-fulfillment set against family change and a new school

Where it sits

Contemporary YA Romance81%
YA Tech & Digital Life50%
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories30%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Divorce & Marriage Stories
  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Science & Tech for Teens
Authors
Mari Mancusi
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
June 24, 2010
Format
Paperback
Theme
Family change · Self-expression · Real life and virtual identity
Reading lane
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories