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Walking In Two Worlds

ISBN-10: 0735269025
ISBN-13: 9780735269026
Author: Kinew, Wab
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: October 2022

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 304

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL750L

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / General *

Description
An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the Rez, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. And as their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find that they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with