By making choices that alter the plot, readers determine the fate of a group of passengers whose plane crashes in the Andes Mountains of South America.
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Two for Survival was selected as one of the children's books of the year, 1976, by the Children's Book Committee of the Child Study Association.
Under pseudonym Pete Pomeroy: Wipeout! (1968) The Mallory Burn (1971) Crash at Salty Bay (1972)
Under pseudonym Barney Mara: Forest Fire
Under pseudonym Nina Hoy: The Runaway (1979)
Under pseudonym Slater McGurk: The Grand Central Murders (1964) The Denmark Bus (1966) The Big Dig (1968)
Choose your own adventure books have a special magic. This is one is for younger kids (There's no way to die in this book) so it has some cornier wording and jokes. Honestly, I still love it. I just think not being able to die removes some of the adventure.