For the Win by Cory Doctorow (reviewed by Bear Schacht)

For The Win is an extremely powerful and moving story about the capacity that the younger generation has to change the world.

The world in this book is not much different from our own, the biggest difference is the games. These video games are so big and so popular that they contain several of the worlds largest economies.

They are virtual economies, but that doesn't make them any less real.
you can but stocks in items like you can in companies, and if you are good at it you can sell game things for real money (it is kind of interesting, there bits of economics lessons sprinkled throughout the book. Don't worry though, they are very interesting). There are black markets where you can buy everything from pre-leveled characters to gold to items.

I won't try to give a summary of the plot, that would take too long, but the story is basically about a group of young people who use their talent with the games to fight the government that is oppressing them.

It is a story about courage and sacrifice and standing up for what is right. You won't want to put it down.

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