**A fun, heart-warming and nerdy YA novel for fans of eSports, loveable characters and stories about overcoming the odds** Lissa is obsessed with *Ancestral,* the latest and greatest battle arena co-op game out there ******* *—* ** *and she’s really good at it. If she wants to get to the top, she will have to band together with her best friend Ji-Soo*** *—* ***and their friends Ray, Zio, Jae-Jin and Lucas— to become Team Phoenix. With the support of former pro Esport-player, Devon, Team Phoenix trains day and night for the upcoming Regional Championships. But the road to victory has its twists and turns: Lissa is haunted by the loss of her brother, Ji-Soo’s got a crush on Jae-Jin, and they’re up against the number one team in the region, Mastermind, a group of frat boys who aren’t afraid to play dirty. The odds feel stacked against them, but Team Phoenix is determined to rise from the ashes.
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TQSims (verified owner) –
This is such a sweet, refreshing story. I really, really love the gamer wisdom sprinkled throughout—especially (summarizing) “be proud of what you’ve done but not so attached that you don’t see how to keep advancing.”
Bennett’s characters are charming and just complex enough for a YA novel. They have personal challenges that they learn to work through by working together to become champion gamers.
While reading this book, I kept thinking it would be a perfect gift for a young gamer who might need some encouragement to read (but doesn’t need their gaming discouraged).