Eye of Minds, The

VirtNet is a virtual world where one can disregard most of the rules and live much of life in this virtual world, but a cyber-terrorist has gone too far and has chosen to use his exceptional hacker skills with murderous results. Teenager Michael and his friends Bryson and Sarah are approached by the government to use their hacker skills to find this illusive gamer, for the virtual dangers are quickly becoming real. This science fiction novel for middle school students addresses the issues of technology, personal responsibility, and friendship, and could be used for an independent novel study or a literature circle.