Spring 2025

The King of Cheating, Book 2

Volume 1

From the Series Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts

  • Interest Level: Grade 8 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 8

Nilay Rao is hiding his avatar, Vyper Neo, at his home, but the little orange character is creating all kinds of havoc—and his dad still doesn’t know!

He is only concerned about Nilay’s falling grades. Nilay’s only solace is playing video games with his best friend, Chess. The two struggle to beat a game and think maybe Vyper is the answer. Suddenly, they open a whole world of ghosts.

Nilay Rao is learning more about the mysterious device and his new avatar, Vyper Neo. As they work together to solve the mystery, they end up summoning monsters and falling into serious danger.

On the fly, they must test out the ability cards, Vyper’s powers, and Nilay’s own power. There’s a ghost attack, a boar-rager chimera summoned from a game, and on top of it all, a power outage. Can Nilar, Vyper, and Chess defeat the ghost before his dad comes home?

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978-0-7603-9434-2
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$20.99
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Interest Level Grade 8 - Grade 12
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 64
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Fiction—Science Fiction/Fantasy
BISACS YAF010010, YAF010100, YAF010200
Dewey 741.5
Dimensions 5.5 x 7.8
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, and Table of contents

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.