Lexile: 990L
Genre: Science Fiction
In the year 2044, Wade Watts, like the rest of humanity, chooses to escape reality and spends his waking hours in the limitless, utopian virtual world of the OASIS, but when Wade stumbles upon the first of the fiendish puzzles set up by OASIS creator James Halliday he finds he must compete with thousands of others--including those willing to commit murder--in order to claim a prize of massive fortune.
This book was AMAZING! I decided to read it because the audio book (which I listen to while I workout) was available and it was read by Wil Wheaton. I got so into the book I was reading it when I wasn't working out. I thought at first that I would get lost in the geek speak but it wasn't necessary to know exactly what the author was saying. Cline used the terminology in such a way that I was aware that he was speaking about a computer or a game system or whatever. It didn't matter that I wasn't familiar with each device he spoke of. I cared about the characters. I routed for Wade and the High Five. I wanted the Sixers to get what was coming to them. Although I highly recommend this book, I will not be adding it to the middle school collection. I am going to write the publisher and suggest the make a middle grade edition. I think that minus a couple of passages that this book would be a big hit with the middle school students.
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