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Salaam Reads
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster, New York
Also by Karuna Riazi
THE GAUNTLET
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2019 by CAKE Literary LLC
Jacket illustration copyright © 2019 by Mehrdad Isvandi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Riazi, Karuna, author.
Title: The Battle / Karuna Riazi.
Description: New York : Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019. | Sequel to: The gauntlet. | Summary: A virtual reality game freezes time in New York City and thrusts twelve-year-old Ahmad Mirza and his classmate, Winnie, into the game world of Paheli, where they must overcome the Mastermind and the Architect.
Subjects: | CYAC: Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. | Virtual reality—Fiction. | Games—Fiction. | Magic—Fiction. | Bangladeshi Americans—Fiction. | Muslims—United States—Fiction. | Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. | New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General. | JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East. Classification: LCC PZ7.1.R498 (eBook) | LCC PZ7.1.R498 Bat 2019 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019001351