Book Summary
A mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new.
A new virtual reality school where students get a fresh start.
The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially since school went from being a fun place where you could hang out with your friends to a bunch of heads in small rectangles all trying to talk at once. For Bradley, Edelle, Hunter, Jasper, and Keiko, that’s about to change.
A mysterious box arrives at each of their houses, and they’re invited to attend a virtual school. More than just being online, they’ll be able to create an avatar of themselves and interact with their friends and other classmates in real time using VR headsets.
For each of them, that presents an opportunity to become someone they’re not, or someone they haven’t been. For Bradley, it’s a chance to come out of a self-imposed shell. Edelle hopes everyone will see her for who she really is, not just for how she looks. Hunter is looking forward to pretending he’s still the person he was last year. Jasper wants to get over past assumptions. And for Keiko, it’ll allow her to disappear into the crowd.
For all of them, it’s a chance to see just how much they’ve assumed about each other in the past and maybe an opportunity to become friends.
Book Details
- Publisher : Shadow Mountain (February 7, 2023)
- Language : English
- Genre: Middle-Grade Contemporary Fiction
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1639930531
- ISBN-13 : 978-1639930531
- Reading age : 8 - 11 years
- Grade level : 3 - 6
****I received a complimentary book from publishers, publicists, book tours, and or authors. A review was not required and all opinions and ideas expressed are my own.****
- My Review
- Virtually Me is a cute story based on virtual learning during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Each character in this story is dealing with self-esteem issues where they can hide behind a "mask" with their virtual self at the virtual school.
Chad grew up wanting to become a professional basketball player or a rock star. (Inspired by Animal from The Muppets, he has been banging on drums since he was eight years old.) Neither of those plans quite panned out. After high school, he left the Rocky Mountains to live in Brazil for a few years then returned home to write and perform sketch comedy while going to college. He graduated from BYU with a couple of degrees and became a teacher and a curriculum writer.
A native to the ocean and transplanted to the mountains, Shelly Brown has always loved children and books so it made sense when she started writing books for children. In her spare time, she helps her husband, author Chad Morris, write MORE children's books. In her extra-extra spare time, she loves the theater and traveling. She is also one of the worst tap dancers you will ever meet. But she does it anyway.
She has no regrets, one husband, five children, eight chickens, and sixty-four Pez dispensers.
For more information on her book, request interviews or school visits, or for review, copies visit shellybrownwriter.com or email shellybrownwriter@gmail.com
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