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1-3
Press Start! series.
In these early chapter books, Super Rabbit Boy is unaware he exists within a video game. Bright pixelated illustrations mimic video-game play, but the books occasionally pull back to reveal the child controlling the game in more cartoony scenes. This general conceit of a story within a story following video-game conventions will appeal to young gamers and encourage independent reading. Review includes these Press Start titles: Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! and Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!.
74 pp.
| Scholastic/Branches
| May, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-338-03474-5$15.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-338-03473-8$4.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-338-03529-2
(3)
1-3
Press Start! series.
In these early chapter books, Super Rabbit Boy is unaware he exists within a video game. Bright pixelated illustrations mimic video-game play, but the books occasionally pull back to reveal the child controlling the game in more cartoony scenes. This general conceit of a story within a story following video-game conventions will appeal to young gamers and encourage independent reading. Review includes these Press Start titles: Game Over, Super Rabbit Boy! and Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!.
(3)
1-3
Press Start! series.
A cartoony scene shows three children playing a racing video game reminiscent of Mario Cart. Within the game, the kids are Super Rabbit Boy, Jody Racer, and Nugget, in competition with villain King Viking for the Super Cup. Bright pixelated illustrations successfully mimic video-game play in the dual-universe story line. The metafictive video-game-within-a-story conceit will appeal to young gamers and encourage independent reading.