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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. YA Fantasy Fiction Novel about a kid after playing a computer games gets powers (?) or something that requires him to wear sunglasses indoors (late 90s to mid 2000s) [s]

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message 1: by Tristan (last edited Apr 13, 2021 04:00AM) (new) - added it

Tristan (tristanc95) | 3 comments Okay hi there!

I'm trying to remember the name of this book that I read when I was a kid (I'm thinking somewhere in the early 2000s circa 01 - 04 maybe) that I cannot remember the name of.

I remember the cover in today's standards looks quite cheesy with I think the main character and he's got his sunglasses down in this cool pose but his eyes are like red because I think in the story he becomes averse to sunlight or something of that nature.

From what I remember, its about this kid who finds a computer game of some sorts either at school randomly or someone gave it to him. I do remember he goes to the computer lab to play it and he enjoys it quite a bit, but doesn't tell anyone about it. Next day, I believe he wakes up and he has like an extreme aversion to bright lights and starts wearing sunglasses and starts having like weird side effects from the game and I believe the way for him to cure himself is to beat the game or something along those lines.

I don't think this book was a widespread popular one, might have been one I saw at a Scholastic book fair or something like that, but I'm trying to refind it again.


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moominbear | 10 comments Doesn't fit exactly but... The Eyes of Kid Midas?


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Tristan (tristanc95) | 3 comments ✰ moomin ✰ wrote: "Doesn't fit exactly but... The Eyes of Kid Midas?"

Sadly no :s it was a bit more cheesy 2000s looking than that. The kid I think was centered at the bottom or the middle of the novel too.

And I swear the villains name in the game or something was like Melt Man or Hot man or something along that nature but I could easily be wrong.


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Tristan (tristanc95) | 3 comments UPDATE:
Book has been found by a reddit user that I also posted this question to.

I was actually close in the title.

It was Meltdown Man !


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Andria (airdna) | 2499 comments Mod
Glad you found it, Tristan. Thanks for coming back to update the thread!


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