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This title is intended for ages 9-12. Thirteen-year-old Chuck Farris is a video game hotshot. He knows every trick of every game worth playing. Chuck has conquered them all. The one thing Chuck couldn't conquer is town bully Digger McGraw. One day, Chuck comes home with a black eye and two broken toes. Unable to play sports, he is bored sick. That's when his mother brings home a PlayStation2 with five hot new games. Chuck beats the first game no problem. But, the next day, in maths class, something strange happens. Chuck turns into the video game superhero! And so it goes. Every time Chuck beats a game, he turns into its real-life superhero. At first, it's great to be able to scare the school bully half to death. But being a video game superhero gets Chuck into trouble too - with his mother, his teachers, the principal, the basketball coach. It's hard to tame a superhero. When you've got power, you wanna use it! ""Chuck Farris and the Tower of Darkness"" is an adventure-packed novel - the first ever written about a real video game console - that offers hot-breaking tips about Sony's PlayStation2.

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Lois Gresh and her eleven-year-old son Danny are the co-authors of Dragonball Z, an unauthorised guide to the popular children's television series. Lois's other books include The Computers of Star Trek and The Tennination Code (nominated for a 1999 Nebula Best Novel Award). She is also author of dozens of suspense, science fiction, and fantasy stories and has been nominated for many other awards. Danny has personally played every game in the novel.

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