Try not to sleep
Manlio Castagna
I AM JAI
Thriller
On the border between the real and virtual worlds, where friendship is just one of the mysteries to be solved.
Lucia and her two friends are young YouTubers with a passion for videogames. Inside a game called Hoardalya they meet a mysterious boy called Jai who shares their passion. Through him they learn that their favourite YouTuber, RF, has been killed. Jai persuades them to join in a new investigative game and look into RF’s disappearance. But the mystery spills over from the virtual world into real life: searching for definitive answers the three youngsters organise an expedition to the home of the programmer responsible for Hoardalya and Real Mysteries. And find real trouble.
- A gripping thriller that blurs the line between real and virtual, diving deep into identity, technology, and the gray areas between gaming and real life.
- A contemporary and visionary story, speaking directly to today’s youth through their own languages: YouTube, social media, gaming, and digital mysteries.
Publisher:
Rizzoli
Target:
12+
Year:
2020
Author
Christian Hill
Christian Hill is an author and screenwriter. He has written many children’s stories including Il Ladro dei Ceili (The Sky Thief), Rizzoli, winner of the Cento Children’s Literature Prize in 2019, and Olga, una Storia di Pace in Tempo di Guerra (Olga, A Story of Peace in Wartime), Rizzoli, which entered the Italian IBBY Honour List in 2023. His works have been translated into several languages, some of which he can recognise and some of which he can’t. He loves music, role-playing games and his armchair.
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