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1) Fugly
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her online one.
In real life, eighteen-year-old Beth is overweight, shy, and geeky. She's been bullied all her life, and her only refuge is food. Online, though, she's a vicious troll who targets the beautiful, vain, oversharing It Girls of the internet. When she meets...
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Playing video games is a fun hobby for many, but sometimes a hobby can turn into an obsession. When this happens, it's time to make some important choices. Readers of this innovative book follow along as one boy's life becomes taken over by his fixation on video games. They'll see the importance of striving to make positive decisions, taking control of your life, and learning from your actions. Vibrant illustrations and relatable characters help...
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Technology and media fuel the world today, and the Internet is a big part of that. Along with using the Internet comes the added responsibility of following certain rules and staying safe. Readers of this essential volume learn why it is so important to stay protected online. They'll see how the choices they make might seem harmless in the moment, but could actually have severe consequences. Concise, accessible text is paired with vibrant illustrations...
4) Warcross: #1
Author
Series
Warcross volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Soon after receiving an anonymous message stating that she has twenty-four hours to play a game by the sender's rules or he will kill her sister, sixteen-year-old Crystal Donovan realizes that cooperating will destroy her friends' lives and she must figure out a way to beat the kidnapper at his own game before she loses everything.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (62 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
When Curtis competes against another player in the online world, both his virtual persona and real self become the center of a perplexing and dangerous mystery.
8) Expelled
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
High school junior Gigi Wong is determined to be picked for a contest that could lead to an exclusive tech internship, but when her matchmaking app goes viral Gigi must deal with the unexpected consequences of helping her friends find love.
10) I am Princess X
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
227 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Years after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who died in a tragic car accident, sixteen-year-old May is shocked to see stickers, patches, and graffiti images of the superheroine appearing around Seattle.
Author
Series
Incredible doom volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
266 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town and leaving all of his friends behind, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in...
12) The hive
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
411 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's the near future -- the day after tomorrow -- and the government has shut down online bullying once and for all. With BLINQ, its new social media platform, users can "like" or "share," but they can also "condemn" posts -- and if condemns reach a certain level, users can exact punishment from the original poster in real life. No more anonymous trolling! Instead... hive justice. Seventeen-year-old Cassie McKinney is angry at everything. She's just...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
418 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the all-white Missouri town of "Calico Springs, Willie's life has been defined by two powerful forces: God and the river. The 'miracle boy' died for five minutes as a young child, and ever since, Willie is certain he survived for a reason, but that purpose didn't become clear until he found the Game. The Game is called Manifest Atlas, and the concept is simple: enter an intention and the Game provides a target--a blinking blue dot on the map. Willie's...
14) Troll stinks
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Two billy goats discover the perils of making assumptions and acting on prejudice in this timely tale about online bullying"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Chicken Clicking
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer - click - soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems ... Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.
16) #famous
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Rachel's picture of crush Kyle goes viral, it sparks a whirlwind adventure of Internet fame that forces both Rachel and Kyle to question whether fame and love are worth the price.
17) Textrovert
Author
Publisher
KCP Loft
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It's bad enough when high-school senior Keeley grabs the wrong phone while leaving her small town's end-of-summer fair. It's even worse when she discovers that the phone she now has belongs to the obnoxious, self-centered Talon and that he's just left for football camp...with her phone. Reluctantly, the two agree to forward messages for a week. And as Keeley gets to know Talon, she starts to like him. Keeley learns there's more to Talon than the egocentric...
18) Gamer army
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Even though he is only twelve, Rogan Weber is an obsessed gamer, whose motto, ego sum maximus, declares his confidence in his own abilities, and whose parents are also deeply involved in ultra high tech (a little too deeply sometimes); naturally he is thrilled to receive an invitation to join a tech giant's virtual reality TV gaming contest--but as the games become more and more intense and dangerous, he and his fellow gamers realize that something...
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Old MacDonald loves his phone, he thinks it works a charm, Now all the animals have phones too, how will he run his farm? Sing along as Old MacDonald's farm falls into chaos! How will the animals learn to balance their screen time?
20) Spotting Dottie
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
98 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, fourteen-year-old Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove that Dottie, the elusive lake monster of Lake Dorothy, really exists."-- Provided by publisher.