Gamer Girls: Monster Village (Volume 2)

Gamer Girls: Monster Village (Volume 2)

In this second illustrated book of the Gamer Girls  series, four friends navigate the video game world and the middle school world . . . if only they could solve drama like defeating monsters! A perfect read for teens and tween readers who love video games. Celia, Natalie, Lucy, and Jess are the Gamer Girls—four gamers devoted to showing that girls can game, too. They stream together every Friday night, and they’re also BFFs. Celia is the artsy, creative one of the group, so it’s no surprise when she starts designing merch for their new gamers’ club. But when she falls in love with a new, cozy game called Monster Village, it’s a far cry from her friends’ action-packed battle royales and not a hit with everyone. Can the Gamer Girls find common ground, or is their new club doomed? Empathetic, realistic, and positive, this is a great read about gaming, friendship, and belonging for teens and tweens. Andrea Towers is a writer based in New York who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade and lived in geek spaces for a lifetime. Her book and comic work includes  Geek Girls Don't Cry: Real-Life Lessons From Fictional Female Characters, Trolls: Comictivity,  and  Octobriana With Love . Her writing on pop culture has appeared in outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, Marvel, and Nerdist, Bustle, IGN, Variety, Mashable, The Wrap, Uproxx, TV Guide, and more. Alexis Jauregui is a Peruvian-Chinese illustrator/story artist from Southern California. She has worked at places such as DreamWorks and Cartoon Network. When she isn't drawing or playing  Animal Crossing  or  Pokémon , she is traveling around trying new foods, sipping her favorite boba, as well as listening to podcasts about fairy tales and spooky stories.