The short story "Nethergrave" by Gloria Skurzynski is a science fictional story of how science and technology has taken over the real world and how influential it has become in modern generation.
The character of Jeremy is the protagonist. Told from an omniscient third person narrative point of view, the narrator is not part of the story but tells us the whole story. It tells how Jeremy was treated by his friends in school, how he was unable to make friends and how he turned to a virtual online game to interact. Every year for his birthday, his father would give him a photograph along with a note telling him to do his homework.
