At the exclusive Duel Academy, fifteen-year-old Jaden gets stuck in the worst dorm and starts out at the bottom, where he must fight against all odds to prove to himself--and everyone else--that he can be the best Duelist ever.

"It's the ultimate grudge match between Duel Academy's most promising students, Jaden and Chazz! Can Jaden's Elemental Heroes defeat the overwhelming power of Chazz's dragon deck? As the entire student body watches the match, no one notices another duel taking place in a dark, abandoned building on the other end of the island. It's a Shadow Game, and the stakes are more than honor--they're life and death!" -- p. [4] of cover.

"James 'Crocodile' Cook, one of the four Duelists from America, eagerly challenges Atticus Rhodes to a Duel. Elsewhere, Jaden and Chazz unlock more secrets of their spirit cards, Winged Kuriboh and Light and Darkness Dragon. But their confrontation could lead to a Shadow Game that only one Duelist may survive!"--P. [4] of cover.