Rodomonte's Revenge

Name: Rodomonte's Revenge
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781490608563

Author: Gary Paulsen

Series: Gary Paulsen World of Adventures #2

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 1 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/17/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

As Brett watched, one hand slipped loose, then the other. Tom dropped, screaming, into the flames. His body, all red and bubbled, boiled up once to the surface, then was gone.

PLAYER ONE HAS ONE LIFE REMAINING. GAME CONTINUES.

Flaming fire rivers. Divebombing buzz-bugs. A cruel king waiting to do battle in his computer-generated castle. Video game whizzes Brett Wilder and Tom Houston think that new virtual reality game Rodomonte’s Revenge is awesome—until it takes over their minds.
Then the game playing becomes dangerously real, and one wrong move could be the last.

About Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eddie

I remember reading this book back in the second or third grade and I just loved it. It is a story that takes in a virtual reality arcade game. A mix of Enders Game and Tron(?) (that might not be the best analogy) Either way. Definitely a far stride from The Hatchet and all those stories that Gary Pa......more

Goodreads review by Chris

This book always bugged me as a kid. As I remeber it, the why/how any of it was happening was sparse to non-existent, there was a baffling section where it just has the two walking for an extended period of time (like 30 minutes) which would never exist in an arcade game, and how they need to one sh......more

Goodreads review by Richard Mayotte

Solid Quick Fun I read this book in the fifth grade and it stuck with me. Over the many years since reading, I have forgotten the title but never the content. I googled the premise and after an all day google search I found this book again.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas

Just want to say that I love love love this book.......more