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If You Like To Play Video Games, Try One of These Books!

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  • Early Reader. Meet Mario and his friends as they take on Bowser!
    BookNew York : Random House, [2023] — ER MAN-KONG
  • Early Reader. When Jack accidentally gets zapped into his favorite video game, he has to run around and solve puzzles and be careful of the boss.
    BookNew York, NY : Viking, 2021. — ER BARNETT
  • Early Reader. Camila decides to sign up for an upcoming video game tournament to try and win some money for a new camera. But Camila doesn't play video games and has no idea how she will win!
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2022] — ER SALAZAR
  • Chapter Book. Guided by a great warrior named Maggie, Runt, zombie Blurp and wolf Mobslayer take a magic portal to the ominous Nether where they must face - and defeat - the Ender Dragon.
    BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2024] — J MINECRAFT
  • Chapter Book. When the bees around their school and the Stonesword Library start disappearing and a splinter of the Evoker King takes on the form of a bee colony with a hive mind, Harper and her friends must solve the mystery.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2023] — J MINECRAFT
  • Chapter Book. One hundred villains will enter the latest battle royale video game: Grim Island. But Grim Island is home to much scarier things than these young gamers thought.
    BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2022] — J SF BRADY
  • Chapter Book. An afterschool gaming club starts out friendly but gets more intense as the game goes on and one player decides to take things a little too far.
    BookNew York, NY : Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2021. — J STRASSER
  • Chapter Book. Told from the perspectives of four students in summer school. Students are allowed to play their favorite video game, as long as they get their reading assignments done. But when this gets the teacher in trouble, the kids…
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2020] — J HOLT
  • Chapter Book. Ian is excited when he gets the chance to test the mixed-reality version of his favorite game, but he has to defeat the dragon or his game will be over.
    BookLos Angeles ; New York : Disney Hyperion, 2020. — J MANCUSI
  • Chapter Book. Scott jumps at the chance to be a Virtual Kombat gamer. If he can battle his way up the ranks, the ultimate prize will be his! But when his friend Kate goes missing in the arena, there is a chance that Scott's dreams will be…
    BookNew York : Union Square Kids, [2024] — J SF BRADFORD
  • Chapter Book. The biggest virtual tournament in the world is announced and four kids are invited to compete for the chance to become a professional gamer and win an unbelievable prize.
    BookNew York : Random House Children's Books, 2022. — J ENGLAND
  • Chapter Book. Natalie has a big secret: she is a super awesome gamer! But when a new neighbor moves in, who is also a gamer, their two worlds collide.
    BookKansas City, Missouri : Andrews McMeel Publishing, [2023] — J TOWERS
  • Chapter Book. Zhuri is a programming whiz who has just created a new video game, Zhuri's World. Out of nowhere a a mysterious bug brings the game's monster to life and kidnaps Zhuri's Uncle Mike! Zhuri must enter the game herself and face…
    BookNew Rochelle, NY : Reycraft Books, 2023. — J ZOLLICOFFER
  • Chapter Book. When Samuel learns the classic world-building game Buildtopia is getting an eSports competition, he turns his love of the game into an opportunity to complete and connect with new friends.
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, [2023] — J MADDOX
  • Chapter Book. Ash loves to play virtual reality games to escape a life he does not love. One night Ash is exploring a new game when he meets a new character named, Ruby. Ruby is unlike anyone he has ever met before and he starts to realize…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — J SF KHOURY
  • Chapter Book. Leon, a short and chubby gamer, is shocked when a cool kid invites him to test out a not-yet-released virtual reality video game. But a glitch in the game puts him in danger in real life and Leon must battle a dragon to save…
    Book[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2024. — J SF COCCIA
  • Graphic Novel. This is the story of four goofy residents living among the Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters.
    BookSan Francisco, CA : Viz Media, LLC, 2021. — J KOKONASU RUNBA GRAPHIC NOVEL COLL
  • Graphic Novel. Dewey Jenkins and his friend Ferg accidentally get transported into their video game and have to figure out how to get out.
    BookBurbank, CA : DC Comics, [2020] — J HANSEN GRAPHIC NOVEL COLL
  • Graphic Novel. Travis and Journey love going to Arcade World, a mysterious arcade filled with video games no one has ever heard of. But when the games start coming to life, Travis and Journey will have to save the world.
    BookNew York : Little Simon, 2022. — J BITT GRAPHIC NOVEL COLL