Heir Apparent - Paperback

by Vivian Vande Velde (Author)

In Heir Apparent there are as many ways to win as there are to get killed. "A stylish tale [that] addresses both fantasy gaming and censorship." (New York Times Book Review)

From Edgar Award-winning author Vivian Vande Velde comes a rollicking story that puts a high-tech twist on the classic medieval fantasy-adventure.

In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a 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'll never win.

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

Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

Author Biography

Vivian Vande Velde has written many books for teen and middle grade readers, including All
Hallow's Eve: 13 Stories, Three Good Deeds, Now You See It . . ., and the Edgar Award-winning
Never Trust a Dead Man. She lives in Rochester, New York. www.vivianvandevelde.com