 | Game of Noctis (with TX Bluebonnet Logo) Author: Fagan, Deva | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
Paro questions the system she once believed in and joins the Seafoxes, a ragtag team of players seeking to win the deadly Noctis games, to save her grandfather.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG+ Reading Level: 4.80 Points: 11.0 Quiz: 553533 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (02/15/24)
School Library Journal (00/03/24)
Booklist (+) (02/15/24)
The Hornbook (00/03/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/15/2024 *Starred Review* There are 8,684 officially recognized games in Dantessa, and every citizen’s life is shaped by their overall standing in the Great Game. Lose too many challenges and your personal score drops to zero, removing you from play and sending you into a life of servitude. Pia knows this better than most, as she watches her dear grandfather gets shipped off to Pawn Island after he suffers a final defeat trying to win coins for their supper. Desperate to earn a large enough fortune to purchase Gramps’ reinstatement, Pia joins a ragtag band of misfits with varying agendas in order to compete in the ultimate game, one that pits teams against Lady Death herself. As rule-following Pia and her teammates uncover the reality of the high-stakes gaming world, it becomes increasingly obvious that inequality abounds, and they become determined to change the established system, even if it requires the ultimate sacrifice. The transporting novel instantly enthralls, casting readers headlong into a world of impressively well-developed games and mythology. Pia shines as a phenomenal protagonist willing to examine long-held convictions as truths come to light, and the diverse supporting cast, including a delightfully disarming Lady Death, is equally enjoyable. A captivating consideration of what it means to be “good” in an unjust world. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
