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"A group biography of seven enduring and beloved games, and the story of why-and how-we play them. Checkers, Backgammon, Chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and Bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the behavioral design that make them pleasurable. Roeder introduces thrilling competitors,...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"--
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Trapped in a video game volume 1
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Five books in one! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter. Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think. Sure, there are jetpacks, hover tanks, and infinite lives, but what happens when the game starts to turn on you? In this best-selling series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby finds out just how dangerous video games-and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
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A circus known as Le Cirque des Rêves features two illusionists, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly competing in a game to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters, and as the two fall deeply and passionately in love with each other, their masters intervene with dangerous consequences.
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What Would You Rather Choose? 400 fun, silly, and thought-provoking "Would you rather...?" questions for the entire family! Are you tired of long and boring car rides? Are you tired of seeing your kids spend hours upon hours just staring at their phones or tablets? Most road trips tend to start the same way. With a long, agitating, and tiresome car ride. But it doesn't have to be that way! This road trip activity book is exactly what you need to make...
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In this entry to Jimmy Russell's Games Console History series, we learn 101 amazing facts about Sega's Master System - the first Sega home console to hit non-japanese shores. The facts cover many areas, including the history, the hardware, game titles both rare and popular and some incredible information you probably never knew! Everyone from retro gamers who were there at the time to n00bz who think a PlayStation is Old School will find this excellent...
12) NERVE
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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As a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, high-schooler Vee is unhappy to be watched constantly but finds it exhilarating to be paired with handsome Ian taking ever riskier dares--until the stakes become too high.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Has anyone ever told you gamers out there that your time would be better spent studying? Well, don't let go of that joystick just yet! Turns out, advancing to that next level of Super Mario Brothers has a similar effect on your brain as getting an A on your spelling test. Video games have been successful at training elite groups in the U.S. military and future doctors. Discover how they can help boost your brain power too!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Gamers, beware--your video games can think for themselves! Ever wondered what's inside the plastic of your video game console but don't want to crack it open to find out? Crack open this book instead! You'll learn what computer code looks like, how a game console's "brain" makes decisions, and how its memory allows you to return to play each day without starting from scratch.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Collecting bugs, drawing cartoons, writing plays, studying robotics-these are just some of the hobbies that inspired the creation of video games such as Pokémon and The Legend of Zelda. Who are these men and women who helped launch the gaming industry from private computer labs to widely available popular entertainment? Read this book to find out who and what inspired your favorite video games!
16) Minecraft
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time! Through informative text and photos, this title introduces readers to the history of Minecraft from its beginnings to the present-day, including important releases and updates, charitable giving, fan engagement, and more. Features offer additional information, including a creator profile, a historic timeline, a sales graph, a character feature, and more. Readers will enjoy exploring the Minecraft...
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My life volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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"Derek Fallon receives an exciting new gift--a laptop! But there's a catch: it has no Wi-Fi so he can't use it for gaming. If he wants to play computer games, he'll have to learn how to code them himself. Another unforgettable adventure awaits in Book 9 of the My Life series, this time involving tech and coding!"--Back cover.
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If you enjoy a game of Blackjack in the casino (or online), but want to improve your chances of winning, there's a great deal of information you'll need to know. In this short guide, author Jack Goldstein aims to help you increase your odds, and offers strategies covering everything from which particular game to choose, when to hit, stand, split and double - and an introduction to the dark side of truly legal and simple card-counting that anyone can...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Do you play computer games? If you do, you've probably played Minecraft. When Minecraft creator Markus Persson was young, he wasn't very interested in the games themselves. He was more interested in the programing instructions in the computer's manual. By the time Persson was eight years old, he was writing code for his own computer games. When he was eighteen, Persson landed his dream job as a video game programmer. In 2009, he designed Minecraft...
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