Gamerville

A video gamer's championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Reset, where electronics are forbidden and you're forced to socialize, eat healthy, and spend time outside. Gamerville is a timely and vulnerable exploration of the importance of human connection and what it means to run in a pack, brought to you by award-winning author Johnnie Christmas.

Max Lightning is howling at the moon--he's finally qualified for Gamerville, a championship where players compete to be top dog in the multiplayer video game Lone Wolf of Calamity Bay. But his dreams of domination are doomed when his parents send him to Camp Reset. Gone are the long nights of downing energy drinks and getting copious amounts of screen time. They've been replaced with fresh air and group activities under the hot sun--a shock to the system for a lone wolf like Max. Can Max escape Camp Reset and level up at Gamerville, or has he finally played his last match?

Johnnie Christmas is a graphic novelist. Writer of the Image Comics sci-fi series TARTARUS and CREMA, a haunted romance published by Comixology Originals. His book FIREBUG, received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly and earned him a Joe Shuster Outstanding Cartoonist nomination. He's perhaps best known for co-creating the series ANGEL CATBIRD with celebrated writer Margaret Atwood and adapting William Gibson's lost screenplay for ALIEN 3 into a critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same name. His credits also include co-creating the pre-apocalyptic thriller SHELTERED. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, earning a BFA in Communication Design/Illustration. Johnnie makes Vancouver, BC his home.

• Publisher: ‎HarperAlley (July 16, 2024)
• Language: ‎English
• Paperback: ‎256 pages
• ISBN-13: ‎9780063056817
• Item Weight: ‎19.04 ounces
• Dimensions: ‎6.1 x 0.6 x 9.02 inches
• BISAC Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels - Action & Adventure, Comics & Graphic Novels - Humorous, Sports & Recreation - Camping & Outdoor Activities, Humorous Stories