Gamers 2: Leveling Up - by E C Myers (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

With nonstop in-game action, Leveling Up captures all the adrenaline of gaming plus its fierce power to bring people together.

Bard is a great player, but he's painfully shy. So shy that it's taken him months to tell his teammates that he goes by his last name, not his first. He thought he'd finally found his people on this esports team! Now, though, the other founders are opening up the group to new competitors, and Bard's not sure he likes it.

He's about to return to gaming alone when an unexpected new friendship helps him adjust to his new teammates, manage a brewing problem at home, and bring his best for the team in its biggest competition yet.

Leveling Up features all-new games and an important subplot about mental health.

Review Quotes

The second book in the "Gamers" series, this novel can be read as a standalone. It has a strong emphasis on mental health and the positive impact of school psychologists and gaming. . . . Avid gamers and students dealing with friendships and family mental health concerns will appreciate this series sequel that stands apart.
--School Library Journal

This second entry in the Gamers series builds on relationships formed in the first book but works well as a stand-alone, too. As in the series opener, the storyline is particularly well-balanced between active gaming sessions and heavier moments of emotional resonance.
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author E.C. Myers (he/him) won the Andre Norton Nebula Award for his first novel, Fair Coin, and is the author of the S0S Thriller series and several RWBY young adult books: After the Fall, Before the Dawn, Fairy Tales of Remnant, and Roman Holiday. His short fiction has been published in various anthologies, including Tasting Light, Mother of Invention, and A Thousand Beginnings and Endings. He has also cowritten several podcast serials, including Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, CTRL+ALT+Destroy, and ReMade.