Matt Lopez is an ordinary kid. He likes hanging out with his friends, playing Minecraft, and teasing his brother and sister. But when Matt buys a secondhand VR headset at a lawn sale and tries it out one night, he gets a huge surprise: he wakes up in the world of Minecraft! It'll take all his skills and smarts to stay alive, because gathering resources, putting together tools, and creating a safe spot to avoid nighttime monsters is far easier on screen...

"Kayla Jackson has waited for her sister, Jaz, and her friends Matt and David to venture into the world of Minecraft with Matt's unusual VR headset. Now, she'll finally take a turn. But Kayla's not content with what they've already told her, she wants to learn more. Before she explores, though, she'll need more resources and more information. And maybe what she finds will help her friends, too."--

"For the first time, Matt, Dave, Jaz, and Kayla venture into the Minecraft world together. However, they all have different styles of playing. Jaz and Dave want to improve their home first, while Kayla and Matt want to explore! But four people need more resources than one--and after creepers destroy part of their base, they're going to have to learn to work together if they want to survive and return to the Minecraft world again"--Back cover.

"Kayla's main project in the group's Minecraft base is the map wall. While she's filling out her third map, she comes across something special--a desert temple! Excited, she returns to enlist her sister Jaz to help with the adventure. Jazz, however, isn't sure she wants an adventure that includes dangerous falling sand, prickly cacti, husk zombies that can attack in daylight, and explosive TNT traps. Still, the sisters will need each other's skills...