Interest age, years 10 - 12

In the virtual reality gameHeir Apparent,there arewaytoo many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'llneverwin.

And she has to, because losing means she'll die--for real this time.