Clearing

Better than the cover art, less farming than the series name.

Zoey plays the MMO for story and roleplaying with NPCs and gets a unique quest as the only person who qualifies. She has a very healthy relationship with her professor dad, who also plays and tries to support her in her low-reward questing.

Aspen has some mysterious past stuff going on, where his levels got dropped to that of a baby and his animal buddies have to keep him alive. Animal buddies include goat dad Khal, spider mom Sumi, and little sister Silus. That's not their family structure but it's their roles in the group. The names Sumi and Silus are way too close visually, making it hard to remember which is which.

We see a good chunk of Zoey's real world life, not just time spent in a pod.