SOLVED. YA/Middle Grade Boy in group home wins competition, goes to millionaire's house, must go into the computer game to get cure for millionaire's daughter who has a disease? [s]

[brenna]

Book is a YA/Middle Grade Fantasy involving a computer game.

Boy in orphanage/group home writes letter/wins competition to go to millionaire computer developer house. Different tests to see who can trial the new video games and the kids are cut down. Boy gets to the final stage and must go into computer game with group of kids. Millionaires daughter is sick and needs cure from game

COVER: greeny brown with circle and kids dressed in peasant type clothes are in the circle, boy has black hair?

Is the first in a series. Read sometime from 2006 - 2010

[Becca]

The Serpents of Arakesh by V.M. Jones? The cover of this edition matches your description:

[brenna]

Thank you so much that’s it!!! Has been bothering me so much

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

This is a popular book, requested 6X now.