โ Holly Sharp
๐ Fiction
๐
2016
๐ English
โ 157 KB
๐ 2 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
The Other Normals
โ Scribed by Ned Vizzini
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Audio
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062210165
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Given the chance, fifteen-year-old Peregrine "Perry" Eckert would dedicate every waking moment to Creatures & Caverns, an epic role-playing game rich with magical creatures, spell casting, and deadly weapons. The world of C&C; is where he feels most comfortable in his own skin. But that isn't happening--not if his parents have anything to do with it. Concerned their son lacks social skills, they ship him off to summer camp to become a man. They want him to be outdoors playing with kids his own age and meeting girls--rather than indoors alone, with only his gaming alter ego for company. Perry knows he's in for the worst summer of his life.
Everything changes, however, when Perry gets to camp and stumbles into the World of the Other Normals. There he meets Mortin Enaw, one of the creators of C&C;, and other mythical creatures from the game, including the alluring Ada Ember, whom Perry finds more beautiful than any human girl he's ever met. Perry's new otherworldly...
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