While sifting through old belongings, I opened an old book with a stamp reminding me of its purchase at the Morehead Middle School book-fair. Yes. Morehead is a really amusing school-name to sixth-graders throughout the city.
Now I've just finished re-reading Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes. Ten years ago, it was just technical enough to pique my young geeky interest. It was also my first significant read in a first-person narrative style, which i later declared suprubly desirable during my Heinlein years.
Invitation to the Game is still enjoyable the second time around. It is also a nice Wellsian trainer book.
The paperback cover presents a pretty young-woman wearing what seems to be VR goggles that outwardly depict a desert landscape. Because, let us face it: inward depictions of desert landscapes just don't do you or me any good.
By the way, it doesn't have much to do with this book, but I think it would be nice to have a ranch-style residence atop a desert mesa. We could climb down off the mesa, camp aneath open sky and stargaze. Point out the satellites passing overhead. Look over to our desert plateau and know its welcoming design, and that we will return next morning
The year is 2154.Posted by gabriel at September 26, 2004 01:17 PMLisse has just graduate from a government school. Human job-opportunities are in short supply, with so many robots and all.
Lisse and seven of her high-school friends are sent along with other unemployeds to their own Designated Area whence they are given meager food stipends and must scrounge material home-goods.
Life is bleak until they are invited to The Game. The Game is mysterious. THe Game is desirable. The Game presents challenges which require the group ready themselves in a latter-day Robinson Crusoe style.
It is an enjoyable quick-read targeted at a young-adult audience.
You're not the only young reader who was really sucked into reading by this book!
Glimpsing "A Wrinkle in Time" on the bookrack in my 4th grade classroom got me off "Little House on the Prarie" and into a better, brighter/darker reading future.
Who knew that the WB readling lists actually had really good books on them!
Posted by: pooper schmoop at March 18, 2005 03:43 AMActually, i picked this up at my 6th grade book-fair in the El Paso Public School District
Posted by: gabe at March 18, 2005 07:15 PMGreat book!
Posted by: Noob at April 19, 2005 03:56 PMThe Invitation to the Game was THE book that got me interested into that futristic types. My teacher thought I would like it and I do. GREAT BOOK!!!!
Posted by: Angelica at May 10, 2005 06:48 PMWelcome to the website, Angelica. How'd yah get here?
You had a good teacher. :)
Did you, by chance, ever read any Heinlein?
Posted by: gabe at May 10, 2005 07:56 PMThis book sucked and I'm trying my hardest to forget it
Posted by: Jonny at May 19, 2005 10:04 PMthink anyone could give me a summary of all the chapters? lol... im gettin lazy
Posted by: Tyson at May 27, 2005 11:39 PMthis book was one of the worst books ive ever read in my life
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