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Into the Dead 2 is a sequel to Into the Dead, one of the most popular games produced by Wellington-based game developer, PikPok. The company has had more than 350 million downloads of its games.
Karah Sutton is on the move and a touch out of breath. Much like the industry she represents. She’s been pursued by zombies, raced around the world as an agent of espionage and managed a stable of the world’s finest thoroughbreds. Now she faces a new challenge. Her company, PikPok, has created games downloaded more than 350 million times around the globe, and it is soon to release its latest offering.
Melissa de la Cruz. Roaring Brook, Dec. 1 $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-250-31121-4. Ages 10–14.
In the first book in Cruz’s The Chronicles of Never After fantasy series, Filomena Jefferson-Cho, 12, is a huge fan of epic fairy tale mash-up series Never After, and she’s anticipating the release of the 13th and final volume until she learns that the long-deceased author apparently never wrote it. When the saga’s hero, Jack the Giant Stalker, appears in her hometown pursued by an ogre, she discovers that everything described in the books is true.
Karah Sutton, illus. by Pauliina Hannuniemi. Knopf, Dec. 1 $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-593-12165-8. Ages 8–12.