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Game On
Try some of these great reads on gaming!
Saga
On Saga, a world based on a video role-playing game, fifteen-year-old Ghost lives to break rules, but the Dark Queen who controls Saga plans to enslave its people and those of New Earth, and Ghost and her airboarding friends, along with Erik and his friends from Epic, try to stop her.
Genesis Alpha
When thirteen-year-old Josh's beloved older brother, Max, is arrested for murder, the victim's sister leads Josh to evidence of Max's guilt--and her own--hidden in their favorite online role-playing game and Josh, who was conceived to save Max's life years earlier, must consider whether he shares that guilt.
User Unfriendly
Fourteen-year-old Arvin and his friends risk using a computer-controlled role-playing game to simulate a magical world in which they actually become fantasy characters, even though the computer program is a pirated one containing unpredictable errors.
Ender's Game
An outstanding tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin, who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.
Crusader
After a violent virtual-reality game arrives at the mall arcade where she works, fifteen-year-old Roberta finds the courage to search out the person who murdered her mother.
Brainboy and the Deathmaster
Darryl Kirby is an orphan. He is also a whiz at computer games. But when Darryl plays a new version of his favorite game, StarMaster, strange things begin to happen.
Only You Can Save Mankind
The alien spaceship is in his sights. His finger is on the Fire button. Johnny Maxwell is about to set the new high score on the computer game Only You Can Save Mankind.
The Hunger Games
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Head Games
A suspenseful tale of teenage angst and terror, as an online fantasy game becomes all-too-real for one of its role players.
Wizards of the Game
Mercer Dickenson lives for the battle. Along with his warrior-mage, Shath'dra, Mercer plans to dominate the world of Zule with wealth and power.
In the Valley
Some things worth bugging your mom or dad for a ride.
- Marquee Cinemas Southridge
- Park Place Stadium Cinemas
- Great Escape Theatres at Cross Lanes
- The Gazz Entertainment Guide
- Clay Center Schedule of Events
- Live Music at Mountain Stage
- Charleston Civic Center
- WV Symphony Orchestra
- Charleston Stage Company
- The Children's Theatre of Charleston
Mind
Body
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Spirit
Mind? check. Body? check. Spirit?...Spirit?...
There are many different takes on what spirit is or what it's for—KCPL has no answers, but we've got these cool links, some of which we aren't quite sure what to make of either.
