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In Real Life
Cory Doctorow
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In Real Life

In Real Life

Cory Doctorow

3.80 · how good
Sweet · 1.00 spice

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A contemporary YA graphic novel about Anda, a teenage girl who joins an all-girls guild in a massively multiplayer online game called Coarsegold. When she's recruited to attack "gold farmers" who break the game's rules for money, she befriends one of them, a poor Chinese teenager, and is forced to confront the real-world economics and labor exploitation behind the virtual world she loves. The story blends gaming culture, friendship, and social-justice themes as Anda learns to balance her online and offline identities and values.

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