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\"Summer<\/a>“2010 late July. A record of the biggest, hottest summer of my life.” High school student Kenji is 17, and mourning the fact that he “failed to become Japan’s rep in the Math Olympics.” At the suggestion of his best friend Sakuma, he’s agreed to do “system maintenance” over the summer for OZ, a virtual internet world so popular that it also serves as “the world’s largest community tool.”<\/p>\n

Just as\u00a0Kenji begrudgingly settles\u00a0into his new routine, Natsuki \u2013 the school’s most popular girl \u2013\u00a0presents\u00a0Kenji and\u00a0Sakuma with a personal request: might one of them accompany her to the countryside where her extended family will\u00a0celebrate her grandmother’s 90th birthday? Sakuma volunteers, then reneges, giving\u00a0Kenji the opportunity to accompany\u00a0Natsuki to her\u00a0family’s vast estate.\u00a0Natsuki confesses that Kenji has a part to play over\u00a0the next four days: he’s to be a Tokyo University student who’s just returned from studying in the U.S. \u2013 and is\u00a0Natsuki’s fianc\u00e9! Shocked and nervous, Kenji does his best to be convincing as he gets to know Natsuki’s many\u00a0relatives who are descended from powerful samurai, no less; he\u00a0grows especially, quickly fond of the honored Granny\u00a0Sakae.<\/p>\n

Amidst all the family hubbub,\u00a0the outside world arrives as an email\u00a0on Kenji’s phone in the middle of the night: “Solve me.” Kenji succeeds (by moonlight), but by the time he’s awakened by young cousins, his face is on television as the prime\u00a0suspect who’s\u00a0interrupted the ubiquitous world of OZ. The virtual too soon spills into the real, as the situation goes from worse to worst and the entire world is threatened.<\/p>\n

As the seemingly unstoppable online threat called\u00a0Love Machine takes global control, Kenji\u00a0faces all-out war. Meanwhile, a baseball game must be played, a birthday bash is impending, and\u00a0an unexpected funeral needs to be planned. A prodigal half-Uncle returns admitting his dubious involvement with the U.S. Armed Forces, King Kazma turns out to be a computer-addicted (curmudgeonly) young cousin, Kenji promises Granny Sakae he’ll take care of Natsuki,\u00a0and massive amounts of ice must be found at any cost.<\/p>\n

Based on a 2009 award-winning animated film of the same name<\/a>, the two-volume\u00a0Summer Wars<\/em> is an exaggerated, energetic romp that showcases the too-real dangers of the virtual world. That said, the intense\u00a0excitement is tempered by\u00a0a\u00a0not-so-subtle reminder that real-life family (dead or alive, even!) is the source of\u00a0ultimate power. The heart-thumping adventure should keep younger readers undividedly attentive; wary parents can breathe easy that they still hold the ultimate\u00a0trump card.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2009 and 2010 (Japan), 2013 (United States)<\/p>\n

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