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__** Heir Apparent **__  ** By: Vivian Vande Velde **

**"Suspenseful....Hilarious"** **-Kirkw Review** This book is a story of an 8th grade girl named Giannine, and it is her birthday. Giannine dosen't get many things for her birthday but instead she choses to think of it as her alone time. One gift she receives is a gift card to a local virtual gaming center called "Rasmssem's gaming center" here she can play a wide assortment of games, such as old virtual games from earlier years or a type of game called a Full Emerson game. She decides on the Full Emerson game, after meeting a snotty desk clerk Giannine picks a game called "Heir apparent". While Giannine is getting hooked up to the game, a group of children's rights people gather outside the gaming center to try to put a stop to the video games. These people are called CPOC (Citizens to protect our children) these people are very picky, they try to get all games banned and stock libraries with only child-friendly books. CPOC becomes a big problem later in the story! They damage the gaming center's equipment and Giannine is stuck, stuck in the game that is. There is only one way out, to FINISH the game...

When i picked up this book i thought to myself, "This looks really boring" But when i opened the book for the first time, i was blown away by how the setting and characters acted. Since the book takes place in the near future i was very interested. After only three chapters i couldn't stop reading, the story line was amazing and it made a lot of sense. The book was very interesting and keep me interested through the whole thing! One of the best parts of the book was near the middle when Giannine (Main character) was having a hard time with the game and made the funniest mistakes. Also, the characters are very cool. There are all sorts of knights, princes, kings, bad guys, and much more. Whats cool about the game is that during the game you got to see how all of the characters acted separately from one game to another when Giannine would die. I thought the book was great, it was full of adventure and excitement! I was hooked the whole book and couldn't stop reading. This book deserves as many stars as it can get, this is a FIVE STAR BOOK! Picture: http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/teacher/covergallery/2005/heir.jpg Stars: http://www.americanguardianwarrantyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/5-star.jpg