Choose your own adventure book #1!
Was anyone into these in primary school?? I loved them.
Found book 3 in the series at a second hand bookshop today which made me happy. And it’s about sunken treasure!!
The year is 1793 and I’ve found a box of letters in the attic. One of them is a map…Could it be a treasure map? My father says to wait to ask Captain Frye about it, but I could walk down to the docks right now and ask one of the sailors.
What should I do??
I wouldn’t call it a collection yet, but item 35 on the list is well on the way to complete.
August 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Having checked this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Choose_Your_Own_Adventure_books
You’ll find that a purist wouldn’t accept “Sunken Treasure” as a legit CYOA book. It’s number 3 of the ‘younger readers’ series.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I should have known better than to try and slip that one past you Marty “adventure boy” frost
I actually didn’t realise there was a younger reader series! I feel a bit jipped knowing that it’s going to have ‘less severe “bad endings”‘ than the main series…
And I didn’t realise that the main series has so many titles! I guess odds are i have one of a rarer series!?! thanks for the link…
August 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
forget about purists…
just flippin’ walk down to the docks right now and ask one of the sailors!!!
don’t delay!
August 12th, 2008 at 5:01 am
There are a few listings on ebay for large sets. It gives you a good indication of what books are amazing (heck, you could buy them too!).
http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Lot-of-45-CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-ADVENTURE-Books-CYOA_W0QQitemZ230279384441QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230279384441&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218516941782
My favourite from looking at the cover pictures are…
#71 Space Vampire
#81 Terror in Australia
#95 You are a genius
and my favourite is #140 Master of Judo
Also see: http://cgi.ebay.com/Huge-Lot-of-60-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Books_W0QQitemZ230279012296QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230279012296&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&timeout=1218516941782
Birthday soon?
August 12th, 2008 at 6:05 am
yeah i’ve got a few of the listings from ebay.com.au on my watchlist. a 60 book collection is pretty good though!!
August 12th, 2008 at 6:07 am
dave - you got me locked in the hold of red eye the pirate’s ship!
August 12th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
is that it?what’s the next option?(you should get the subscribe to comments plugin)
August 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am
The one I really remember reading in year 2 is “The Mystery of the Highland Crest” (1984). Your character discovers that his family is connected to a creepy Scottish mansion and he goes to visit. It turns out to be haunted by the ghosts of twins with a tortured past. Can he unwork their ancient wrongs?
One ghost is benign, one malicious (of course this is now anathema, being married to a twin). The evil twin kept pushing me off balconies or into the path of oncoming vehicles! It spooked me good!
August 14th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Also to newly pique my interest is “The Secret of the Ninja”…
http://www.cyoastore.com/product/show/135