Prepare to be cured by this quirky and hilarious debut novel about a sixteen-year-old loner who is sent to rehab for video game addictionââperfect for teen gamers and readers who are fans of Jesse Andrews and John Greenâ (School Library Journal).
Sixteen-year-old Jaxon is being committed to video game rehabâĻten minutes after meeting a girl. A living, breathing girl named Serena, who not only laughed at his jokes but actually kinda sorta seemed excited when she agreed to go out with him.
Jaxonâs first date. Ever.
In rehab, Jaxon canât blast his way through galaxies to reach her. He canât slash through armies to kiss her sweet lips. Instead, he has four days to earn one million points by learning real-life skills. And heâll do whatever it takesâlie, cheat, steal, even learn how to cross-stitchâin order to make it to his date.
If all else fails, Jaxon will have to bare his soul to the other teens in treatment, confront his motherâs absence, and maybe admit that itâs more than video games that stand in the way of a real connection.
From a bright new voice in young adult literature comes the story of a young man with a serious case of arrested developmentâand carpal tunnel syndromeâwho is about to discover what real life is all about.