The Mystery of Ura Senke

Choose Your Own Adventure #44

by Shannon Gilligan, Suzanne Nugent (Illustrator)

Someone has stolen a famous tea ceremony bowl. And they'll do anything to keep you and your friend Kenichi from finding it.

Japan is a country where they take their cultural pursuits seriously. So when your friend Kenichi Doi calls and tells you that a valuable tea ceremony bowl has been stolen from the Ura Senke School of Tea, you know something unusual is going on. It's only when Kenichi's brother Takashi tells you how valuable the bowl might be on the black market that you begin to suspect more than a minor theft. Your boring New Year's vacation is about to get a lot more interesting. Your search for the tea bowl known as "Yukisoo" will take you all over Kyoto and beyond before you are done. Or done in. Good luck!

Genres: Choose Your Own Adventure, Mystery, Gamebooks, Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy, Thriller

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Shannon Gilligan began writing fiction for a living after graduating from Williams College in 1981. She has written over fifteen books for children, including eleven in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Her work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She spent a decade working on story-based computer games in the 1990s. Gilligan's day job is publisher of Chooseco, a company she co-founded alongside her late husband, R.A. Montgomery. She lives in Warren, Vermont, but travels widely.

Reviews

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty boring. Didn't get very far.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's been a long time since I've read a Choose Your Own Adventure book. I really enjoyed this! I ofc read through the entire thing trying to see what all the endings are. I like how the characters'/your decisions were relatively separate from the mystery itself; it's more like you stumbling on a mystery than being directly involved in it.

[R.A. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Popsugar 2019 a choose your own adventure book

I failed twice...

[Remo · Rating 4 out of 5]

La serie de Elige tu propia aventura es, literalmente, un clásico de nuestra infancia. He releído algunos, años después, y me parecen un poco cortos de miras, limitados en las posibilidades, pero cuando tenía 10 años cada uno de ellos era una maravilla lista para ser explorada hasta que hubiera dado todo lo que tenía dentro.
Al final siempre sabías que ibas a recorrer todos y cada uno de los caminos posibles. La emoción estaba, por tanto, en ganar y pasarte la historia al primer intento. Si no podías, pues nada, seguro que en el intento 18 acababas encontrando el camino. A veces los autores iban "a pillar", poniéndote los resultados buenos detrás de decisiones que eran claramente anómalas.
Recuerdo haber aprendido tanto palabras como hechos y datos en estos libros. No nadar contra la corriente cuando quieres llegar a tierra, dónde colocarse cuando un avión va a despegar, un montón de cosas interesantes y un montón de historias vividas, decenas por cada libro, que convirtieron a las serie en una colección fractal, donde cada vez podías elegir un libro nuevo entre los que ya tenías.
Llegué hasta el tomo 54 y dejé de tener interés por la serie, pero la serie siguió hasta superar los 180 títulos. Tal vez mis hijos quieran seguir el camino que yo empecé. Si quieres que lo sigan, pasa a la página 7.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think this is the first Choose Your Own Adventure book that really left me frustrated. It was like I was only making partial decisions for my person. Because of the partial decisions, my character was caught before they had even had the chance to do anything.

I would recommend many other Choose Your Own Adventure books before this one.

Author: Shannon Gilligan
Publisher: Chooseco
Publication Date: 1985

[KatieCatlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

this wasn't the best book of choose your own adventure. not very adventurous, its about a treasure that your off to find.
the beginning got me exited but later on further in the book it wasn't very fun.
overall i would not recommend
i only got to choose my adventure a few times.

[Riccardo Bartoletti · Rating 4 out of 5]

SCEGLI LA TUA AVVENTURA raccoglie alcune semplici avventure a bivi, giocabili anche da neofiti e senza dadi o schede personaggio.

Di questa avventura ho apprezzato l'ambientazione orientale presentata senza troppo sforzo, anche se l'indagine si è rivelata più semplice del previsto...

[LautiHans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro cuenta una gran historia en la que el/la lector/a se sentirá atrapado/a.

[Mote · Rating 5 out of 5]

And another wonderful book! This collection of books melts the heart of every reader! Who does not want to read this book? Really thank you

[Sebastian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy bueno, recomendado para reírse un rato.

[Cooper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my gosh, this book was amazing. I loved it. I can't wait to read another

[Emma Jackson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This CYOA book was a new one for me and in the style where you're a detective. I had high hopes but the story seemed overly simplistic and was very short.

[Elle · Rating 1 out of 5]

FYI - CUP OF DEATH and THE MYSTERY OF URA SENKE are the same Choose Your Own Adventure story just published with a new title.

The mystery is more like a cup of boredom… my adventure was a van following me briefly and a psychic foretelling the bowl reappearing. Hope the other paths were less lackluster.

[Mina Rivera · Rating 4 out of 5]

i thought this book was so interesting. i love how i got to be in charge of the story. its like i can make it into my own adventure. there were times i was a little confused about how to go about the book but in the end i kind of got the hang of it. i think these kind of books are very interesting and would get more people who don't like to read to start reading. its like you make up the story along the way and get to choose what you want to happen.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was interesting, however I do not think it flowed nicely. It was also the first novel I read in the, "create your own adventure" category- so my dislike towards the novel could have been to this. It was interesting and I think some kids would like it but it is defiantly in a category on its own. I may have one or two in my future classroom but it would depend on my student's preferences.

[Selena Beckman-Harned · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Choose Your Own Adventure...middle school flashbacks! And one about Japanese tea ceremonies? Be still my heart. I'd just like to point out also that I picked the BEST timeline first in my opinion.

[t4truffles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is really good because it is a Choose your own Adventure book and you can spend ages reading it over and over again.

[Emery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely one of the best books (that I've read) in the series