Ready Player One (372 Pages)

Ernest Cline has written a book that certainly will appeal to any boy or girl interested in technology. Publishers Weekly calls this book "An adrenaline shot of uncut geekdom...the perfect lovable/unlikely hero." The setting of this books takes place somewhere in the United States in 2044. Wade Watts is a young teen, whose mother has died. He has been "living" with his aunt who treats him horribly. They live in a trailer which is stacked on top of many other trailers. The trailer park is called The Stacks. Because his environment is so miserable, he spends most of his time in an abandoned trailer where he has rigged a computer to allow him to go on line to Oasis, a site developed by an adult geek, James Halliday, who has died. Oasis allows Wade to escape reality and play the game Halliday invented. The game offers players the chance to win and become multi-billionaires. Every player wants "to get the egg" which is the winning object. One thing I enjoyed while reading this book is the reference to 1980"s  minutia. TV shows, Songs, Magazines etc. It's a fun read. Science fiction/Fiction/Adventure/Mystery!