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Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series collects all five books in Dustin Brady’s bestselling action-adventure series—packed with humor, nonstop twists, and short chapters that keep kids reading “just one more.” Getting sucked into a video game sounds awesome (jetpacks! hover tanks! infinite lives!)… until the game starts turning on you. In this series, 12-year-old Jesse Rigsby and his best friend Eric discover just how dangerous video games—and the people making them—can be. 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