Averee / Stephanie Phillips, with Dave Johnson, writers ; Marika Cresta, artist ; Andrew Dalhouse, colorist ; Saida Temofonte, letterer.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [Rhinebeck, New York] : A Wave Blue World, Inc., 2021Description: 136 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781949518122
- 1949518124
- Social media -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- High school students -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Social media -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Social classes -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Friendship -- Comic books, strips, etc
- High school students -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Social media -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Fiction
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- High school students -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Graphic novels -- United States
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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YA Book
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Main Library | YA Graphic Novel | PHILLIPS STEPHANI | Available | 33111010745848 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A world where social rank rules and your status sets your inevitable course in life - sound familiar? Just imagine if it was all controlled by an app! In Averee's world, the usual trials of making your way into adulthood come with the added stress of Ranked, a ubiquitous and all-knowing tech innovation that awards you points for socially acceptable behavior and takes them away when you don't conform. It seems fun enough at first, but it becomes much more than a game when Averee's rank suddenly drops overnight. Now she's getting hassled at school, blocked from her favorite restaurants, and her mom is out of a job.
Luckily for our hero, she has Zoe - a bottom-ranked BFF - whose open disdain for all things Ranked makes her the perfect accomplice on what's about to be the heist of the century: they're staging a raid on the app's corporate HQ to set things right and its spokesperson, the virtual popstar Pretty Kitty, is in their sights. With Averee's crush Luke in tow, these friends are in way over their heads and they're about to learn that the "right" they're fighting for may be on a global scale.
AVEREE is one average girl's mission through a world of near-future tech to take back control of her life, in a fun philosophical adventure!
Chiefly illustrations.
"Social media status determines real world status in this near-future YA coming of age story. Averee is a typical high schooler living in the near future where social media status has real world consequences. The app, Ranked, determines everyone's status, not just online, but in real life; who you can hang out with, what places you have access to, what schools you can get into, and what jobs you can get. And Pretty Kitty, the virtual pop star, is the spokesperson for it all, letting everyone know what products they should buy and hangout spots they should frequent in order to increase their rank. Averee's rank is just high enough for an enjoyable life. Unlike her best friend, Zoe, who has no rank, Averee is able to eat lunch where she chooses and to have a boyfriend of a high rank. That is, until one day when her rank mysteriously drops all the way down to Zoe's level. With nothing left to lose, Averee and Zoe hatch to kidnap Pretty Kitty and hold her ransom. They embark on a quest that takes them to the corporate underbelly of Ranked, and discover how the technology was originally developed with good intentions but was twisted in order to fuel corporate greed and control people's lives. They team up with the scientist who originally developed the app in order to expose the dangers of Ranked, and restore proper order and control over their own lives."-- Provided by publisher.