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Level Up at Your Library - Teen Gamer Books @ SCCLD

Adventures, challenges, and triumphs of teenage gamers navigating virtual worlds and real-life obstacles.

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  • p.394 (Gr. 9+) Lissa, a skilled Ancestral player, teams up with her friends to form Team Phoenix and compete in the Regional Championships. With support from ex-pro Devon, they face personal challenges and fierce rivals, Mastermind, as they fight…
    Book, 2023Oxford, UK : Solaris, 2023. — / FICTION BENNETT COLETTE
  • p.297 (Gr. 9+) Aspiring Broadway director Riley revives her school musical but gets grounded, stuck at her dad’s game shop. She bribes Nathan to cover shifts, joins D&D, and unexpectedly catches real feelings.
    Book, 2024New York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — / FICTION BOYCE KRISTY
  • p.320 (Gr. 9) Determined Viola clashes with lazy Jack as Student VP but escapes into MMORPG Twelfth Knight as knight Cesario. When injured Jack joins as Duke Orsino, their online personas unexpectedly connect, complicating their real-life rivalry.
    Book, 2024New York : Tor Teen/Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — / FICTION FOLLMUT ALEXENE
  • p.352 (Gr. 9+) When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwind adventure…
    Book, 2023New York : Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — / FICTION HAZELWO ALI
  • p.278 (Gr. 9+) New in town, Darcy faces homophobia and misses city life until Art invites her to D&D. As their in-game and real-world battles intertwine, Art must defy his father to support Darcy’s fight for change.
    Book, 2024Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, 2024. — / FICTION KOOPS VICTORI
  • p.377 (Gr, 9+) When Cass lands the girlfriend of her dreams, she struggles to hide her secret online life where she role-plays fanfiction scenes with a group of internet strangers, and things get even more complicated when she winds up falling for…
    Book, 2023New York : Quill Tree Books, [2023] — / FICTION MILLER JENNA
  • p.378 (Gr. 9+) Sixteen-year-old Emilia, secretly a dedicated gamer, competes with her elite team in a major tournament at the same time she and her best friend are running for class president and vice president.
    Book, 2021New York : Bloomsbury, 2021. — / FICTION NEDD ALEXIS
  • p.416 (Gr, 9+) When high schooler Arcadia unexpectedly secures the notorious game-maker's internship, she and the other interns become players in the most twisted game yet.
    Book, 2024New York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — / FICTION PESSL MARISHA
  • p.336 (Gr. 9+) When her boyfriend excludes her from participating in a roleplaying game, high school senior Hollie joins an all-girls group where an in-game romance has the potential to be more than just pretend.
    Book, 2024New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2024. — / FICTION RANDALL CHRISTE
  • p.289 (Gr. 9+) Haunted by guilt over her sister's tragic death, unreliable gamer Viv returns to Twitch streaming for redemption. During a game trial, her confession summons an evil doppelganger. With only Ash believing her, Viv must confront past…
    Book, 2024Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing, 2024 — / FICTION SCHLOTE TATIANA
  • p.308 (Gr. 9+) Kiki Siregar faces challenges at the conservative Xingfa School after transferring from progressive Mingyang High. Amid bullying, viral embarrassment, and clashing with a misogynistic classmate, Kiki finds solace in online gaming and…
    Book, 2023New York : Delacorte Press, [2023] — / FICTION SUTANTO JESSE
  • p.352 (Gr. 9+) Marina Chan, living under a fake identity to escape her past, risks exposure when her online gaming team accepts a tour of their favorite game company, only to find themselves entangled in a deadly game.
    Book, 2024New York : Bloomsbury YA, 2024. — / FICTION YU KELSEA