 Greetings and welcome to Books for Busy Students. I'm Chloe, one of your librarians here at the Ray Howard Library. Have you ever played a multiplayer online role-playing game like World of Warcraft? Have you ever wondered about who some of those other players are and what their lives are like, IRL? In Real Life follows Anda, a young American teenager who falls in love with an MMORPG called Course Gold. In the game, she befriends a gold farmer, a poor Chinese teenager whose real-world livelihood depends on what happens in the game, and things get complicated. I loved Cory Doctorow's storytelling here. He does a great job of revealing complex character motivations through a really simple story. And Jen Wang's art is so gorgeous and cute. She's done illustrations for the adventure time comics. The in-game scenes are so wonderful and creative, and they make a really nice contrast with the real-world scenes, which are very grounded and soulful. If you're interested in the connection between international economics and gaming, put down your econ textbook and your game controller, and take an hour or so to read In Real Life, available now at Ray Howard Library. Thanks for watching.