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1) In real life
Author
Language
English
Description
"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. 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...
Author
Series
Lunch Lady volume 9
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Tech gadgets are disappearing left and right at school, and Lunch Lady must get to the bottom of it!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAlley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Middle school is a dungeon ... At least, that's how Jess sees it. Luckily, she and her best friend Olivia know how to escape into the sprawling worlds of their own imaginations. The two friends have always loved making up stories, first with little kid games of make-believe, and more recently with the fantasy roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. When they play, Olivia runs the game as Dungeon Master and Jess is the solo party member, playing a take-no-prisoners,...
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
6) Buzzing
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Ink, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth"--
7) Cat + gamer
Author
Series
Cat + gamer volume 4
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2022-
Language
English
Description
"A woman who lives to play video games unexpectedly adopts a kitten, changing both of their lives forever"--
Author
Series
Solo leveling (Manga) volume 8
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
"The weakest of the weak, E-class hunter Jinwoo Sung has no money, no talent, and no prospects to speak of. And when he enters a hidden dungeon that fateful day, he ends up being left to die in the aftermath of a horrendous tragedy. At death's door, Jinwoo is suddenly invited to be a "player" by a mysterious voice. Desperate to live, Jinwoo jumps at the chance...but what is this strange new leveling system that only he can see?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this adventure, Runt and his friends return from the End and are looking forward to taking a break. When they arrive, they are greeted by villagers who throw a great feast in their honor. But things are not quite what they seem... After defending the village from a zombie attack, Runt and his crew decide to go back to Maggie's and regroup. However, they are deeply troubled by Alberic's disappearance and Bagel won't rest until she brings him back...
Author
Series
DnDoggos volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Four adorable dogs are tail-waggingly excited to play their favorite role-playing game in DnDoggos: Get the Party Started, the middle grade graphic novel debut from online comic creator Scout Underhill. They've picked their characters and favorite dice, and are ready to set off on the adventure their game master Magnus has created for them. Pickles, a rough and tumble fighter; Tonka, a playful and fun-loving bard; and Zoey, a wise and caring cleric,...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Dewey Jenkins wants to have the top science project in class to avoid summer school and win a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, but after his friend Ferg accidentally breaks the console, they accidentally trigger the device, finding themselves transported inside a video game.
Author
Series
Adventure zone volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance.
13) Glass Town
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The entrancing story of the Brontë sisters' childhood imaginary world. Four children: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne have invented a world so real and vivid that they can step right into it. But can reality be enough, when fiction is so enticing? And what happens to an imaginary world when its creators grow up? Plots are spiraling, characters are getting wildly out of hand, and a great deal of ink is being spilt... Welcome to Glass Town."--Provided...
Author
Series
Travis Daventhorpe volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Travis Daventhorpe may be a genius, but he's always struggled to make friends. After his attempt to befriend new kid Juniper Reyes results in an epic fail, Travis cheers himself up by takes his sentient flying robot, Travbot, out for a ride. But when Travbot malfunctions, the two take a nosedive into the woods. There, they discover a legendary sword, a wizard from another dimension, and a mysterious prophecy: Travis Daventhorpe is destined to save...
Author
Series
Adventure zone volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the second Adventure Zone graphic novel (adapted from the McElroy family's wildly popular D & D podcast), we rejoin hero-adjacent sort-of-comrades-in-arms Taako, Magnus, and Merle on a wild careen through a D & D railroad murder mystery. This installment has a little of everything: a genius child detective, an axe-wielding professional wrestler, a surly wizard, cursed magical artifacts, and a pair of meat monsters. You know, the usual things you...
Author
Series
Travis Daventhorpe volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Travis Daventhorpe is destined to save the multiverse--at least, that's what the prophecy says. But if he's a legendary warrior in the making, shouldn't he be a little better at sword fighting? With his engineering genius, Travis could develop technology to make himself unstoppable, but the wise sorcerer Bela says he needs to find his power within. Wherever he finds it, he better do it soon! The evil Nol Invictus, the ruler of the mystical realm Solusterra,...
Author
Series
Game for adventure volume 2
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Two best friends take part in a game of musical chairs. There's Belinda, a natural competitor with a good heart, and her shy friend Barbara. When the game starts, their school gym morphs into a colorful obstacle course"--
Publisher
Nintendo
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Marvel ultimate alliance series returns for the first time in 10 years--with a new action RPG--exclusively on the Nintendo SwitchTM system! Assemble your ultimate team of Marvel Super Heroes from a huge cast including the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the X-Men, and more! Team up with friends to prevent galactic devastation at the hands of the mad cosmic tyrant Thanos and his ruthless warmasters, The Black Order.
Author
Series
Die volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Adventure zone volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that's home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal...
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