Lexile = 970
I have started to read Ready Player One many times. Usually, I find someone who needs it more than I do and then I pass it off. Finally I read it! (Got it from another library, actually)
This is one of those "sure fire" books that kids who don't particularly like to read will devour. It's about gaming... a future world where most of life takes place in virtual reality. Your real life might be crap. You live in a stacked trailer park with relatives that don't even know if you are there or not, but in the virtual world you look great, you have stuff and people respect you.
Remember Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? All little Charlie needed was the golden ticket to escape his bleak life.
In Ready Player One, player Parzival (Wade Watts) needs to find the Easter Egg hidden in the OASIS platform to win a huge fortune. The programmer that has hidden the egg grew up in the 1980's and all clues pay homage to that era. So students, you will love this adventure. And your parents just might as well.
Spielberg is making a movie of this now. Watch an interesting breakdown of the movie preview HERE. You won't really appreciate this 18 minute clip until AFTER you read the book, though.....
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This book is amazing. It has a ton of great references that will lead you down a google rabbit hole of 1980s pop culture. Mix that with a great compelling story and you get a good book. Mix that good book with a great world to happen in and you get a great book. And finally when you mix that with deep and interesting characters you get Ready Player One. You’ll get immersed in the story and not want it to be over in the end. It’s really great. Read it.
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