Gamer Girl

Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi tells the story of a girl, Maddy, who is forced to move after her parents divorce. The problem is, she's not just moving anywhere. Over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house we go. And woods aren't so far off from the suburbs where her grandmother lives. And to make things worse, she has to go to Hannah Dustin High School, a public school full of Aberzombies, with a popular gang that rules the school. Okay, this isn't Boston Academy, but it's okay, right? I mean surely their are goths and sk8ter dudes, right? Wrong. Maddy is a complete outsider. No one wants to have anything to do with her, especially not after she comes to school on her first day wearing a shirt with unicorns on the front (her unicorn obsessed grandma didn't think her goth look was "appropriate" and decided to lend her some clothes)and her grandma embarrasses the king of the school, Billy Henderson, by loudly exclaiming how she knew him when he still wet his bed. To make matters worse, she has a huge crush on Billy's best friend, Chad Murray. But her life takes a turn for the better when she gets a game, "Fields of Fantasy", and as an online character that is the complete opposite of herself, she finds adventure, fun, and maybe even love. That's when she decides to take matters in her own hands and stand up for herself...

This is a good, interesting book that you won't be able to put down. It may not be so well written, but plunge into the story and you'll forget the writing.