num_pages: 160
description: From Gene Luen Yang the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author of American Born Chinese comes a magical realist coming-of-age tale by turns whimsical and deadly serious.Dennis Ouyang has always struggled in the shadow of his parents' expectations. His path is laid out for him: stay focused in high school become a gastroenterologist. It may be hard work but it isn't complicated--until suddenly it is. Between his father's death his academic burnout and his deep (and distracting) love of video games Dennis is nowhere near where his family wanted him to be. In fact he's just been kicked out of college.And that's when things get weird.Four adorable--and bossy--angels straight out of a sappy greeting card appear and take charge of Dennis's life and Dennis finds himself herded back onto the straight and narrow: the path to gastroenterology. But nothing is ever what it seems when life magic and video games collide.
language: English
title: Level Up
publisher: First Second