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Let’s Try Something New at the Library!
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded funding to the MetroShare Community of Libraries Consortium under its Regional ILS Cooperative grant program to provice educational and recreational kits at all MetroShare Libraries and are designed to enhance the lives of Library patrons.
There are kits for patrons of all ages. The recreational kits range from an outdoor movie screen to a giant dice yard game, from hosting a podcast to playing pickleball. Educational kits include learning to play the piano, coding basics with a Space Rover, and Playaway Launchpad pre-loaded tablets to learn Spanish, math, and more. These kits are designed to give patrons the opportunity to try something new, without the commitment of purchasing their own equipment.
1) Game over
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MindWar trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Rick emerged victorious from The Realm twice. Is his luck about to run out?"--
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English
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For the first time, Matt, Dave, Jaz, and Kayla venture into the Minecraft world together. However, they all have different styles of playing. Jaz and Dave want to improve their home first, while Kayla and Matt want to explore. But four people need more resources than one, and after creepers destroy part of their base, they're going to have to learn to work together if they want to survive and return to the Minecraft world again.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Mason and his friends are totally absorbed by an online fantasy video game, and their current task is to collect ingredients for a meal to deal with a fierce dragon, but Mason has an even more frightening task--preparing dinner for his demanding eight-year-old brother while their mother is at work.
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Trapped in Battle Royale volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Grey gets sucked into a hacked, virtual reality version of Fortnite Battle Royale along with one hundred other players. To get home, he must become one of the top five players before the season ends"--
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English
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"With help from Pondside Manor's quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, wheelchair-bound resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing home's residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long past--or even create new ones"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Leon, a short and chubby gamer, is shocked when the cool kid invites him to test out a not-yet-released virtual reality video game. When a glitch puts them in real-life danger, it's up to Leon to battle a dragon and save himself and his friend"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the world of video game Minecraft, Jeremy lives in the biggest city in the Overworld, surrounded by tall buildings, redstone wonders, and many people, but still he feels lonely and wants a friend.
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English
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
10) The glare
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English
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"After living off the grid for more than a decade, a teenage girl must play a dangerous game ? and face the shadows of her past ? to save the world from a dangerous dark force."--from publisher.
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English
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"Alex loves his family, and yet he struggles to connect with his eight-year-old autistic son, Sam. The strain has pushed his marriage to the breaking point. So Alex moves in with his merrily irresponsible best friend on the world's most uncomfortable blow-up bed. As Alex navigates single life, long-buried family secrets, and part-time fatherhood, his son begins playing Minecraft. Sam's imagination blossoms and the game opens up a whole new world for...
12) Level up
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English
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When thirteen-year-old Zoe, an aspiring pro-gamer, receives an invitation to play on a pro-team, she must navigate her dad's skepticism of professional gaming as well as her squad's feelings of betrayal.
13) Countdown crisis
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English
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The gamer squad is on an Open World quest to save Atlantis from sea monsters, but thirteen-year-old Kai is uncomfortable with his vital role in this game, and worried about an upcoming oral presentation at school.
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Trapped in Battle Royale volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Grey is back in Battle Royale -- but will he make it out this time? With Grey as its leader, his squad soars up in the ranks of Fortnite: Battle Royale. With only a few weeks left in the season, the squad members are closing in on those top five spots that will free them from virtual reality. Grey believes that a little more practice will get them there, but not everyone in his squad is so sure. When a top ten squad comes recruiting for veteran players,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Camila wants to buy a camera, camera stand, and a microphone to record for her WeTube channel, and her brother suggests that an uncoming video game tournament might be the way to get the money she needs; but Camila does not play video games, and though her family supplies what she will need to practice she only has a month to perfect her gaming skills--and that may not be enough to win. Includes discussion questions, glossary, and related activity....
16) Slay
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Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the few Black kids at Jefferson Academy. At home she joins hundreds of thousands of Black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game, SLAY. When a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, the game is labeled a racist, exclusionist, violent hub for thugs and criminals. No one knows Kiera is the game developer--...
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Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Weltall Tournament's professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head. The Admin's Department of Temporal Investigation swiftly seizes control of the crime scene, and the tournament transforms into a flashpoint of charged politics and conflicting...
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Publisher
Viz Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
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Join your favorite characters from Animal Crossing: New Horizons for all-new adventures in this official manga! Read the gag-filled adventures of four goofy residents living among the Animal Crossing: New Horizons characters.
19) The God Game
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English
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Five best friends in a high school computer club get sucked into an underground hacker's game run by a mysterious A.I. that thinks it's God; as the Game pits them against each other, it offers the ultimate promise--win and learn the meaning of life or die.
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 4
Publisher
RBA Libros]
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Spanish ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
214 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
Español
Description
In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Durante las vacaciones de verano hace un tiempo fabuloso y todos los chicos se lo pasan al aire libre. ¿Y dónde está Greg Heffley? Encerrado en casa, con las cortinas cerradas, jugando con sus videojuegos. Greg, que reconoce ser una persona a la...
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