Heir Apparent
Author(s): Vivian Vande Velde
In Heir Apparent there are as many ways to win as there are to get killed. "A stylish tale [that] addresses both fantasy gaming and censorship." (New York Times Book Review)
From Edgar Award–winning author Vivian Vande Velde comes a rollicking story that puts a high-tech twist on the classic medieval fantasy-adventure.
In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed—and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win.
And she has to, because losing means she'll die—for real this time.
Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Review(s):
"Consistently entertaining."—Publishers Weekly
"A testament to Vande Velde's storytelling magic."—The Horn Book
"A stylish tale [that] addresses both fantasy gaming and censorship."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Plausible, suspenseful. . . . Hilarious. . . . It's riveting reading for
experienced gamers and tyros alike."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A Junior Library Guild Selection
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
South Carolina Junior Book Award, Arizona Young Readers’ Award, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, New York Public Library's “One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing”, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award (Illinois), New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (Vermont)
ISBN: 9780152051259