{"product_id":"in-real-life-9781596436589","title":"In Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, \u003ci\u003eIn Real Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnda 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. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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 developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title has common Core connections.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doctorow, Cory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e First Second\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596436589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Cory Doctorow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710239752267,"sku":"9781596436589","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_47bde075-cbe2-4d88-a7d7-44e18685168b.jpg?v=1647975790","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/in-real-life-9781596436589","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}