The King of Cheating, Book 1
Volume 1
From the Series Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts
Coasting through life without ever spending much effort or committing to anything has made many people think less of Nilay Rao. The teenager is relatively unassuming, as he’s not the most popular student, nor the hardest working.
The kids call him “Nil,” suggesting that he’s a loser. But he has another name, the “biggest cheat,” which he’s earned from using cheat codes and hacks in everything from games to grades. But that all will change when Nilay receives a mysterious device from his long-lost mother, Dia.
Curious about the device, Nilay unwittingly creates his own “video game” avatar that he names Vyper Neo, which causes him more stress than he could imagine. The little orange character has his own personality and gets Nilay and his father into all sorts of trouble.
The World of Ghosts is filled with other players fighting for money, territory, and power. Can Nilay unravel the mystery before he and his avatar are destroyed?
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-0-7603-9433-5
On pre-order until 01/01/2025
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$20.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 8 - Grade 12 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 8 |
| Genre | Graphic Novels, Young Adult |
| Category | Diverse Books: Celebrating Differences , Diversity, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning |
| Copyright | 2025 |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing Group USA |
| Brand | Saturday AM Diverse Manga |
| Imprint | Rockport Publishers — Quarto Library |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 56 |
| Publication Date | 2025-01-01 |
Author: Frederick L. Jones
Frederick L. Jones has a passion for promoting diversity. He combined his experience in the video game industry with his lifelong love of anime to create the diverse manga brand Saturday AM in 2013. He resides in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
Illustrator: Oscar Fong
Oscar Fong is both a New Zealand illustrator and comic artist, known online as “Fongfumaster.” While he has a background in animation and digital design, Oscar focuses on illustrative projects and is fond of tabletop role-playing games and crafting.
Reviews
Booklist
“Fans of trading-card or video games will love this fast-paced, cinematic comic. Readers will be drawn into the pages by the action-packed illustrations, featuring plenty of fight scenes, superpowered game avatars, and dynamic visual perspectives, and stick around to find out what happens in the story of young Nilay’s search for his mother.”—Booklist