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Author
Series
Nerdy dozen volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the Air Force after hacking into a classified military training program, Neil Andertol and his video game buddies pilot what they believe to be an Air Force simulator to find a missing jet and rescue two endangered pilots.
2) Vortex
Author
Series
Insignia trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"While serving as a superhuman government weapon during World War III, teenager Tom Raine's loyalties are tested by corruption and nefarious enemies"--
3) Ctrl+S
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In near-future London, Theo must navigate the darkest corners of a virtual universe to rescue his kidnapped mother. Life in the near future's not all bad. We've reversed global warming, and fixed the collapsing bee population. We even created SPACE, a virtual-sensory universe where average guys like Theo Wilson can do almost anything they desire. But almost anything isn't enough for some. Every day, normal people are being taken, their emotions harvested--and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"When videogame obsessed Pete Watson discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has been kidnapped and is now trapped inside a video game, he has to use his super gaming skills and enter the game to rescue him. And if he succeeds, who will save Pete from his massive crush on Callie Midwood?"--
Author
Series
Stone Rabbit volume 7
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When a storm cuts off the electricity, Stone Rabbit, Henri, and Andy start playing a board game using strange dice that Henri "found," and soon they are trapped in the game and must defeat an evil Dark Lord in order to get home.
7) Insignia
Author
Series
Insignia trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.
Author
Language
English
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2023 Lariat Reading List
AAPI Month- Adult
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
McKinney March Madness
AAPI Month- Adult
Jewish Heritage Month - Young Adult/Adult
McKinney March Madness
Formats
Description
"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
10) Game over
Author
Series
MindWar trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Rick emerged victorious from The Realm twice. Is his luck about to run out?"--
12) Fairy tail: 11
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Ersa's childhood friend Jellel has started to play an elaborate board game, with Natsu and his team as enemy pieces to be eliminated. Meanwhile, Siegrain is trying to get the Magic Council to fire a weapon that will wipe out Jellal's tower, killing eveyone within it, including our heroes from Fairy tail!
13) Jumanji
Author
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
Español
Description
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
Una tarde Judy y Peter les encontraron una carja larga y delgada, un juego de aventuras en la selva, Jumanji. No poda̕n creer lo que estaban viendo: un len̤, los monos, el explorador, los rinocerontes, una boa, la lluvia y el volcǹ que haci ̤erupcin̤.
14) The night circus
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Fantastical Fiction - YA
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
Formats
Description
Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Nick Dunmore receives a package with a mysterious computer game called Erebos, he hopes it will explain his classmates' strange behavior. He is quickly drawn into the cryptic world of the game, where players must obey a strict code. Erebos watches its players and begins to manipulate their lives in frightening ways. It soon becomes clear the game has a deadly agenda. When Nick sets out on a dangerous mission, reality and the...
17) Ender's game
Author
Series
Ender Wiggin volume 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Dystopian (Adult/YA)
If You Like Hunger Games, Read These!
Science Fiction - YA
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
If You Like Hunger Games, Read These!
Science Fiction - YA
Staff Recommends- Adult/YA
Formats
Description
Once again, the Earth is under attack. Alien 'buggers' are poised for a final assault. The survival of the human species depends on a military genius who can defeat the buggers. But who? The brilliant, ruthless, cunning Ender Wiggin, a mere child. Recruited for military training by the world government, Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool. Although he proves himself to be a genius, and excels at simulated war games,...
18) Murder most howl
Author
Series
Paws and claws mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Holly Miller is delighted her grandmother has finally left the Sugar Maple Inn to take a well-deserved vacation. It means Holly's in charge, but running the inn might be more challenging than she realized. Wagtail's throwing a weekend-long murder mystery game to draw in tourists during the slow season, the inn has a full house, and a blizzard is on the way. Trouble is unleashed the night the game begins, when the storm blows in and the lights go out....
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Riko can't help it--her tuxedo baby is just too cute! Will her coworkers feel the same or will it add to their bewilderment about her? At home, Riko learns more about Musubi, from favorite toys such as a free grocery bag to their shared joy of video games. And Musubi himself learns a new trick--how to tell her when it's dinner time!"--
20) Role playing
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Maggie is an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit. But when her college-aged son makes her a deal - he'll be more social if she does the same - she can't refuse. She joins a new online gaming guild led by a friendly healer named Otter. So that nobody gets the wrong idea, she calls herself Bogwitch. Otter is Aiden, a fifty-year-old optimist using the guild as an emotional outlet from his family drawma caring for his aging mother while...
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