Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
was first published in 1991. I discovered this book in 5th grade and it made a
lasting impression. A fairly quick read at 192 pages, it's a face paced Science
Fiction adventure novel. I'll never forget how the characters came across an
"actual book" and said that after one got used to moving their eyes
from left to right and turning real pages it wasn't too bad after all. This was
written before the invention of e-readers. So just imagine what other
technology you may discover in this novel that could be on its way. You'll never guess the ending!
"It's the future, and most jobs are done by machines. Now
that school is over, Lisse and her friends are consigned to a bleak
neighborhood for the permanently unemployed. Then they receive an invitation to
the Game, which transports them to a paradise. Is it a dream or a computer
simulation? Each time they play the Game, the new world seems more and more
real...
Unemployed after high
school in the highly robotic society of 2154, Lisse and seven friends resign
themselves to a boring existence in their "Designated Area" until the
government invites them to play The Game."
This book is available
in Youth Services, shelved in Juvenile Fiction under Hughes.
Come Pick It Up Today!
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