USER UNFRIENDLY

Vivian Vande Velde, . . Harcourt/Magic Carpet, $6 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216353-2

Arvin Rizalli, his mother and six of his friends pirate a computer-generated, interactive video game that plugs right into the players' brains. PW wrote, "Readers who are fond of either sword and sorcery fantasy or role-playing games will not be able to put down this swashbuckler." Ages 12-up. (Sept.)

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