Thursday, February 25, 2010

Interactive History Adventure Books (Young Adult, Realistic Fiction)

"You Choose Books" has put out a line of historical novels where readers can choose their own adventures.  I read "The Titanic" by Bob Temple which was interesting.  The ending, obviously, is the same with it hitting the iceburg and sinking, however, the choices the reader makes determine if they live or die.  All of the tales supposedly happened to people on the ship and there are several historical details as well.  In this particular volume, you can choose to be a first-class passenger, an employee of the ship, or a third-class passenger.  From there you make such choices as to help others, have dinner with some people, go above deck, speak English, etc.  The book is short and none of the endings are gruesome or scary, so I'd recommend it for upper-elementary students through middle school.  A word of caution, however, in some of the story threads, you can die.

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