Online gaming has become an industry, and there are people everywhere playing to make a living. Unjust labor practices exist even for workers in the virtual world, however, and while some are only just beginning to understand how much they are being exploited, there are others who are ready to fight. Led by Big Sister Nor, a girl most have never even met in person, the workers are eager to go into virtual battle. The trouble is, just about everybody else (corporations, hit men, even other gamers) will do anything they can to stop them.

Staff Pick of the Week: The Fire Opal by Regina McBride

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This week's book pick is The Fire Opal by Regina McBride.

Maeve's mother Nuala has never been the same since her baby sister Ishleen died. Now that her mother is pregnant again, Nuala is convinced this next baby is also Ishleen, ready to return to the family. Maeve thinks her mother may be right, but Maeve's father and brothers are far more skeptical, and a rift is growing. When the baby is born, Nuala falls into a stupor, and no one can discover what is wrong with her. Several years later Ishleen falls into the same dazed state as her mother. Maeve knows she must leave the known world and travel to that of the gods and goddesses to save them.

Young Adult Movie Night This Monday, July 26th!

Come to Young Adult Movie Night this Monday at 6:30 pm. We'll be watching Edward Scissorhands and eating lots of cheesy popcorn!

Staff Pick of the Week: Bamboo People

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This week's book pick is Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins.

After his father was arrested for providing medical treatment to an "enemy of the state," Chiko has been terrified to leave his house. At the same time, he knows he must find work, or he and his mother will not survive. When he answers a newspaper ad calling for teachers, what he hopes will be a new start turns into a nightmare.

The Karenni people have suffered for years at the hands of the Burmese army, and Tu Reh's family was no exception - his family's home was burned by the army and they now live in a refugee camp. Tu Reh is more than ready to fight back, but when he meets Chiko, wounded in the jungle, Tu Reh's world turns upside down.