From acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling author Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Wang comes the story of a girl who gets into gamingNand ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online.
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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.
But 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.
Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing.
It\'s a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends.
It\'s a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero.
Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.
From acclaimed, New York Times-bestselling author Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Wang comes the story of a girl who gets into gamingNand ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online
