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Enter the Meta

by Colette Bennett
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Lissa is obsessed with Ancestral, the latest and greatest battle arena co-op game out there—and she's really good at it. If she wants to get to the top, she will have to band together with her best friend Ji-Soo—and their friends Ray, Zio, Jae-Jin and Lucas—to become Team Phoenix. With the support of former pro Esport-player, Devon, Team Phoenix trains day and night for the upcoming Regional Championships.

But
the road to victory has its twists and turns: Lissa is haunted by the loss of
her brother, Ji-Soo's got a crush on Jae-Jin, and they're
up against the number one team in the region, Mastermind, a
group of frat boys who aren't afraid to play dirty. The odds feel stacked
against them, but Team Phoenix is determined to rise from the ashes.

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    May 10, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781786188700

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      • ISBN: 9781786188700
      • File size: 1116 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      November 15, 2022
      Competitive gamers seek glory at the regional championship. Lissa Walker loves the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game Ancestral in which she and fellow players on Team Phoenix work together in fantasy combat. Her teammates include best friend Ji-Soo, serious Jae-Jin, and newcomer Ray. At the community PlaySpace, run by their mentor, Devon, the gang works on their battle strategies, both in-game and interpersonally. As the regional championship approaches, they face Team Mastermind, a group of alcoholic energy drink-fueled frat boys who employ unscrupulous methods for achieving victory. Bennett's debut novel is an intriguing look at the culture around esports. Lissa and her friends are older teens and 20-somethings, yet the messaging regarding the importance of teamwork feels reductive and overly insistent; older readers may find this aspect of the book overly saccharine. The diverse group of characters--Ray and Lissa, who are queer, read White by default, Jae-Jin and Ji-Soo are Korean American, and Devon is Black--are sympathetic but tend toward caricature, making for a superficial feel. Gentle romances twine throughout, juxtaposed against the bloody battle scenes. The digital world of Ancestral is fascinatingly rendered, coming across as both novel and recognizable to gamers. The happy ending feels a bit rushed and contrived, but readers will ultimately cheer for this not-quite-underdog team. An originally wrought but flawed exploration of esports. (Fiction. 14-18)

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