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童年時期因遊戲結緣的Sadie和Sam，長大後再次相遇，攜手投身電玩創作，讓玩家能暫時遠離現實，投向數位虛擬世界的懷抱，兩人合作設計出的遊戲一舉獲得空前成功，但隨之而來的金錢與名利浪潮，是否已準備將兩人沖散？'A gem of a novel' ERIN MORGENSTERNThis is not a romance, but it is about loveTwo kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there.Their love of video games becomes a shared world -- of joy, escape and fierce competition. But all too soon that time is over, fades from view.When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives.Their collaborations make them superstars.This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Dupli

Star of the New York Times bestselling picture book Can I Be Your Dog?Everyone loves Arfy the rescue dog——even when he stinks! This is his first Comic Reader in the #1 early reader line, Step into Reading.Arfy used to be homeless, but now he's found his forever home with a sweet person and a squeaky bone! But what's that smell? Arfy loves to sniff things out--he's great at it, so he is on the case! He will find the source of this mysterious smell, even if he has to sniff the whole neighborhood! Tag along with Arfy on his newest adventure--illustrated with panels and speech balloons for a fun intro to comics! Comic Readers are told almost entirely in action-packed dialogue! Simple, graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics.Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

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