Attack of the Not-So-Virtual Monsters (Gamer Squad 1) [Paperback]

Pokémon Go meetsThe Gooniesin this exciting new adventure series!

What happens when your cool virtual-reality game . . . becomes REAL?
Monsters Unleashed—where you catch virtual-reality monsters on your cellphone—is one of the hottest mobile games around, and Bex and Charlie just can’t stop playing. They even check out an old map in Charlie’s grandfather’s attic in hopes of discovering some forgotten places in town where the rarest monsters might hide. But they find a strange machine up there too, and after Charlie switches it on, the WiFi goes down . . . and Bex’s entire catalog of monsters vanishes! And that’s not the worst of it: all the creatures she’s collected on her phone escape into the real world. Can the friends nab the beasts before they become monster lunch?
 



 

Bex and Charlie love playing the popular mobile gameMonsters Unleashed. They even check out an antique map in the attic in hopes of discovering forgotten places where the rarest monsters might hide. But there’s a strange machine up there too. When Charlie switches it on, the WiFi goes down . . . and Bex’s monsters escape from her phone into the real world! Can the friends nab the beasts before they become monster lunch?

Kim Harrington is the author of the young adult novelsForget Me(Penguin/Speak),The Dead and Buried,Clarity, andPerception(Scholastic), as well as the middle-grade series Sleuth or Dare (Scholastic). She lives in MA with her family.

[B]ig on action, and the chimera monsters are inventive. . . . the fast pace and action focus will appeal to game-addicted readers.