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 SLAY
 Author: Morris, Brittney

 Publisher:  Simon Pulse (2020)

 Classification: Fiction
 Physical Description: 321 p.,  22 cm

 BTSB No: 659487 ISBN: 9781534445420
 Ages: 14-18 Grades: 9-12

 Subjects:
 Video games -- Fiction
 Fantasy games -- Fiction
 Role playing -- Fiction
 African Americans -- Fiction
 Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction
 High schools -- Fiction

Price: $10.65

Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is an honors student among hundreds of thousands of Black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game, SLAY. When a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, news of the game reaches mainstream media, and SLAY is labeled a racist, exclusionist, violent hub for thugs and criminals. Can Kiera protect her game without losing herself in the process?

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: UG
   Reading Level: 6.00
   Points: 13.0   Quiz: 505645

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (07/15/19)
   School Library Journal (07/00/19)
   Booklist (+) (07/01/19)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (09/00/19)
 The Hornbook (11/00/19)

Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 07/01/2019 - Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 07/01/2019 - Copyright 2019 Booklist.

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