BookFronter
In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

In Real Life

Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang

First Second · Paperback · October 14, 2014

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.

YA Coming-of-Age ComicsHomelessness & Poverty for TeensYA Tech & Digital Lifegraphic
Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Who it’s for
A graphic read with coming-of-age momentum and a clear, approachable edge.
Genres
YA Coming-of-Age Comics, YA Tech & Digital Life, Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
Published
First Second, October 14, 2014

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.

  1. The Girl From the Sea: a Graphic NovelMolly Knox Ostertag, Lee Knox Ostertag49% match
  2. More Than We Can TellBrigid Kemmerer50% match
  3. Piecing Me TogetherRenée Watson50% match
  4. SLAYBrittney Morris58% match
  5. Fangirl, Vol. 1Rainbow Rowell, Suyeon Nam50% matchShares YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  6. SaintsGene Luen Yang, Lark Pien50% match
  7. Family Force VMatt Braly, Ainsworth Lin49% matchShares YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  8. CrumbsDanie Stirling50% match

For younger readers: Real Friends, Here in the Real World, New Kid

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. Anda 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.

Continue reading

Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing. But 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.

Graphic Momentum

A graphic read with coming-of-age momentum and a clear, approachable edge.

Come here for

  • graphic-novel pacing
  • YA coming-of-age angle

Expect

  • teens-and-tough-material mix
  • sustained, easy-to-stay-with narrative

Where it sits

Homelessness & Poverty for Teens74%
YA Coming-of-Age Comics48%
YA Tech & Digital Life48%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  • YA Tech & Digital Life
  • Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
Authors
Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang
Publisher
First Second
Published
October 14, 2014
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Coming-of-Age Comics