Virtually Me

By: Shelly Brown, Chad Morris

Narrated by: Michael Mola, Gary Tiedemann, Rachel Jacobs

A mysterious package. A new school. A chance to be someone new.

A new virtual reality school where students get a fresh start.

The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially since school went from being a fun place where you could hang out with your friends to a bunch of heads in small rectangles all trying to talk at once. For Bradley, Edelle, Hunter, Jasper, and Keiko, that’s about to change.

A mysterious box arrives at each of their houses, and they’re invited to attend a virtual school. More than just being online, they’ll be able to create an avatar of themselves and interact with their friends and other classmates in real time using VR headsets.

For each of them, that presents an opportunity to become someone they’re not, or someone they haven’t been. For Bradley, it’s a chance to come out of a self-imposed shell. Edelle hopes everyone will see her for who she really is, not just for how she looks. Hunter is looking forward to pretending he’s still the person he was last year. Jasper wants to get over past assumptions. And for Keiko, it’ll allow her to disappear into the crowd.

For all of them, it’s a chance to see just how much they’ve assumed about each other in the past and maybe an opportunity to become friends.

©2023 Chad Morris and Shelly Brown Morris (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Great book!

Didn’t hit as hard as their previous title, Squint, did but an amazing book nonetheless.

Awesome Way to Say Look at the Inside

This story was the perfect combination of humor and serious. I, even as an adult, remember some of those same feelings and the drama of junior high years. It made me take a look even at myself and ask what do I look for in people? It made me ask myself if I need.to reach out and apologize. But it also ales me want to do better.

Step away from social media. When on social media make sure I think about my comments and how they can be construed or make people feel. Help my nieces and nephews compliment actions and other such areas and not looks. To look deeper into a person.

Well written. Lots of fun. And just what I needed in a book. Chad Morris and Shelly Brown do it again.

Loved the ensemble reading on this book.