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Nerve is a 2012 young adult techno-thriller by Jeanne Ryan.

Shy junior Vee, with the help of her friend Tommy, tries out for the online game of dares, NERVE, to impress her crush. After uploading her audition reel, they realize her cotton shirt becomes see-through after she poured cold water on herself. They fail to delete their upload.

Vee then receives a dare with expensive designer shoes on her wishlist as the prize. Tommy warns the dare may come from hackers who illegally collect contestants' personal information. Vee proceeds anyway, and the game pairs her up with fellow contestant Ian.

Vee and Ian complete a series of riskier and more lucrative dares and make their way to the final round, where they compete against five other finalists. Vee flubs a dare early in the finals, so later on, the game arms the contestants and tries to spook them into shooting each other, Tommy, or Vee's best friend Sydney, whom the game organizers have kidnapped and thrown into the room. Tommy tells Vee to stall; before his kidnapping, he has managed to call the police.