Fast Five Fiction: Gaming

It's Friday and time for Fast Five Fiction! Each week I share five fiction books: new books, notable books, books around a common theme. Our February Family Reading Program is gaming-themed this year so this week I'm sharing some of our gaming-themed books and series. There's still time to participate, stop and pick up a game board at either service desk. The goal is for each family to collaboratively read for 4 hours. 

Click the title to be directed to the book in our catalog. Book descriptions are from Goodreads.

Lemoncello series by Chris Grabenstein

READ the books, PLAY the games, and SOLVE the puzzles in this collectible box that includes the first SIX books in the New York Times bestselling Mr. Lemoncello series:

Mr. Lemoncello's Very First Game: Discover how Luigi Lemoncello grew up to become the greatest game master on Earth!

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library: Can you unravel Mr. Lemoncello's very first puzzles?

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics: The competition only gets more fierce when kids from across America join Lemoncello's library Olympics.

Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race: Mr. Lemoncello has a new Fabulous Fact-Finding Frenzy game, and someone has to test it out!

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game: The pressure is on when Mr. Lemoncello's latest competition airs LIVE—and the kids are the game pieces!

Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket!: Mr. Lemoncello is hiding a secret, and it will take solving a scavenger hunt to discover it.

Diary of a Roblox Pro series by Avi Avatar

Ari Avatar is just your average Roblox kid living in a blocky world! Battle monsters and avoid disasters in a Roblox world -- all through the eyes of Ari and his friends. Diary of a Roblox Pro is a must-read for any kid who loves to play Roblox!

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

Gamer Baby series by Anne Elder

Your little's one's first introduction to gaming:

Power up your little gamer with this introduction to video game play.

Strategy is child’s play in this friendly, adorable guide to Chess.

A magical quest awaits you and your little adventurer in this introduction to Role Playing Games.

Press Start series by Thomas Flintham

The 'Press Start! ' series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Uh-oh, Animal Town is in trouble! Meanie King Viking has created a dreaded robot army to spread No Fun across the land. On top of that, he has stolen the happiest and most fun animal ever, Singing Dog. There is only one person who can save the day -- Super Rabbit Boy! Super Rabbit Boy is super fast and super brave, but he's also a video game character living in a video game world. What will happen when Sunny, the boy playing the game, loses each level? Will it be game over for Super Rabbit Boy and all his friends?

Happy Friday and happy reading!