Anda loves Coarsegold Online. The massively-multiplayer role playing game is a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, and a hero. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer - a poor Chinese kid whose job is to collect valuable objects and sell them to other players for real money. This behaviour 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. From acclaimed teen author and digerati mogul Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture clash.

From New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow, the story of a girl who gets into gaming - and ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online.

About the Author
Cory Doctorow is a co-editor of Boing Boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and Publishers Weekly. He was named one of the web's twenty-five influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His award-winning novel Little Brother was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. craphound.com Jen Wang is a cartoonist and illustrator currently living in Los Angeles. Her works have appeared in the Adventure Time comics and LA Magazine. She recently illustrated Tom Angleberger's Fake Mustache. Her graphic novel Koko Be Good was published by First Second. In Real Life is her second book.

Awards
Winner of Cybils (Graphic Novel/YA) 2014. Short-listed for Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award 2016.



Book Information
ISBN 9781596436589
Author Cory Doctorow
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint First Second
Publisher Roaring Brook Press
Weight(grams) 406g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 154mm * 14mm