“‘What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains immortal,’ -Albert Pines” -An excerpt from Mark Cheverton’s Invasion of the Overworld. In Invasion of the Overworld, a bully and avid minecrafter, Gameknight999, gets warped into the video game and learns that all the creatures in Minecraft are all alive. As he attempts to save the game and leave the game, he learns the value of teamwork, friendship, and the consequences of griefing. Mark Cheverton writes the Gameknight999 serie to teach young kids the dangers of cyberbullying and how to treat others fairly, using simpler diction and the popular game of Minecraft to attract young readers. Invasion of the Overworld, written by Mark Cheverton, is an excellent selection for the PMES Little Free Library because this book is appropriate for elementary students, it can help kids indulge in reading, and it teaches them the prevalent themes of friendship and kindness.
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With a lexile score of 1020L, this book would be ideal for most kids ages 7-10 or in 4th or 5th grade (lexile.com). And it shows in Mark Cheverton’s writing, he tries to use easy words and short chapters so that the writing is easier to understand. According to syfygames.com, his “writing in Invasion of the Overworld is simplistic and easy for young readers to follow”(Oxford). And while his writing tends to have many typos and grammatical errors, his chapter books are short with just about 200 pages. Even if the typos and errors do blur the reader’s comprehension, they can test their knowledge with an AR test, because this book is a fair AR book for elementary school children (Duvall). The low lexile score, simple vocabulary, and short chapters of the Gameknight999 serie make up for the common typos and make this book easier to comprehend for elementary
With a lexile score of 1020L, this book would be ideal for most kids ages 7-10 or in 4th or 5th grade (lexile.com). And it shows in Mark Cheverton’s writing, he tries to use easy words and short chapters so that the writing is easier to understand. According to syfygames.com, his “writing in Invasion of the Overworld is simplistic and easy for young readers to follow”(Oxford). And while his writing tends to have many typos and grammatical errors, his chapter books are short with just about 200 pages. Even if the typos and errors do blur the reader’s comprehension, they can test their knowledge with an AR test, because this book is a fair AR book for elementary school children (Duvall). The low lexile score, simple vocabulary, and short chapters of the Gameknight999 serie make up for the common typos and make this book easier to comprehend for elementary