In real life / Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang.
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: xii, 175 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9781596436589 (pbk.); 1596436581 (pbk.)Other title: IRLSubject(s): Women fantasy gamers -- Comic books, strips, etc | Fantasy games -- Comic books, strips, etc | Internet games -- Comic books, strips, etcLOC classification: PZ7.7.D64 | In 2014Summary: "Anda 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. 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. 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" --cover flap.
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"In real life was adapted from a story by Cory Doctorow called 'Anda's Game' first published on Salon.com in 2004" --Colophon.
"Anda 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. 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. 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" --cover flap.
For grades 9-12.
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