Last Gamer Standing

Name: Last Gamer Standing
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Katie Zhao
ISBN: 9781338780284

Author: Katie Zhao

Narrator: Sunny Lu

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 09/21/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Science Fiction Stories, Children's Social Themes, Bullying, Sports Stories

Synopsis

Ready Player One meets the action of battle royale video games in this middle-grade sci-fi perfect for fans of Fortnite.In a near-future society, gaming is everything! Professional esports teams are mainstream celebrities and kids begin training asyoung hopefuls aspiring for the big leagues.Twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng is the up-and-coming junior amateur Dayhold gamer, competing in a VR battle royale against AImonsters and human players alike. But despite Reyna's rising popularity and skills, no one know who she is. Gaming is still aboy's club and to protect herself against trolls, she games as the mysterious TheRuiNar.When Reyna qualifies for the Dayhold Junior Tournament sponsored by her favorite team, she knows she's got what it takes towin the championship title and the $10,000 prize.But when she's blackmailed and threatened to be doxed, having her personal identity revealed, by an anonymous troll, Reynawill have to deal with a toxic gaming community, family complications, and the increasing pressure to win as the tournament getsunderway.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on December 05, 2020

This book is basically sports anime meets sci-fi and gaming culture. you're welcome......more

Goodreads review by CW ✨ on September 05, 2021

Read my full book review on my book blog, The Quiet Pond. If you are a gamer and have always craved a good book about gaming, then you definitely want to pick up Last Gamer Standing! I really enjoyed this! - Set in 2067, follows Reyna, a Chinese-American girl who plays the biggest battle royal video g......more

Goodreads review by Tammie on September 21, 2021

4.5 stars This was so fast paced and so much fun, Katie's middle grades continue to be some of my favourites! I love Reyna as a character (and her friends are adorable too), and I really think this is going to be a book that young girls are really going to relate to a lot. Reyna is spunky, resilient,......more

Goodreads review by prutha on August 30, 2021

this lowkey deserves so much more hype. Last Gamer Standing follows Reyna Cheng, a twelve-year-old gamer who goes by the alias TheRuiNar to protect herself from sexist comments, as gaming is majorly dominated by boys. Many female gamers who compete in the VR battle royale are a target of constant tr......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer on September 01, 2022

Reyna, or TheRuiNar as she's known in the online gaming community, is a 12 year old Chinese American girl, battling her way through a Fortnite-style gaming tournament at an summer camp for fellow gamers - but her fellow competitors and classmates don't know she's a girl. It's not without it's flaws,......more