Naomi führt ein geordnetes Leben: behütet, privilegiert, mit klaren Zukunftsaussichten. Osaro kommt aus ganz anderen Verhältnissen – seine Wurzeln liegen in Nigeria, sein Alltag in Zürich ist geprägt von Kämpfen, Abstürzen und einem Neuanfang, der auf wackligen Beinen steht. Trotz aller Unterschiede finden die beiden zueinander, verbunden durch einen schicksalsträchtigen Moment. Doch als Osaro von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt wird, bricht Naomis Welt auseinander. Sie beendet die Beziehung, obwohl ihr Herz etwas anderes sagt. Wochen später ist er verschwunden – keine Nachricht, kein Abschied. Aber manche Verbindungen lassen sich nicht einfach kappen. Was, wenn die Liebe nicht fragt, ob zwei Menschen zusammenpassen? Was, wenn genau dieser eine Mensch der einzige ist, bei dem du ganz du selbst bist?
An Indigenous teen girl is caught between two worlds, both real and virtual, in the YA fantasy debut from bestselling Indigenous author Wab Kinew. Perfect for fans of Ready Player One and the Otherworld series. Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just confident but dominant in a massively multiplayer video game universe. Feng is a teen boy who has been sent from China to live with his aunt, a doctor on the Rez, after his online activity suggests he may be developing extremist sympathies. Meeting each other in real life, as well as in the virtual world, Bugz and Feng immediately relate to each other as outsiders and as avid gamers. And as their connection is strengthened through their virtual adventures, they find that they have much in common in the real world, too: both must decide what to do in the face of temptations and pitfalls, and both must grapple with the impacts of family challenges and community trauma. But betrayal threatens everything Bugz has built in the virtual world, as well as her relationships in the real world, and it will take all her newfound strength to restore her friendship with Feng and reconcile the parallel aspects of her life: the traditional and the mainstream, the east and the west, the real and the virtual.