Quest for the Pirate's Treasure

by Gerry Gaston, Laura Livi (Illustrator)

The life of a pirate can be exciting, mysterious and adventurous, but sometimes it can get challenging and very dangerous. In this quest, your mission is to guide the Captain and her crew in search of the most valuable treasure ever sought by pirates. As you travel, you will encounter difficult situations where you must make wise decisions to avoid ending your journey in disaster. Aye matey, tis time to get down to the docks and board the ship. And so your Epic Journey begins …

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure, Fantasy, Picture Books

36 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 6, 2013

About the author

Gerry Gaston is the author of the best selling Quest series of interactive children's picture book adventures. His innovation has provided readers with a unique alternative path selection technique that incorporates the visually stunning illustrations with direct control of the storyline progression. His creative imagination fuels his efforts to craft exciting worlds for kids to explore, while motivating their continuing desire to read.

Reviews

[Lorellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was all quite fun, telling an honest tale of a pirate's life without getting grisly about it. Choosing the right path is tricky, even as an adult I enjoyed the simple puzzle. Still, I wouldn't have minded a chance to actually acquire some loot.

[K.L. Bernard · Rating 4 out of 5]

When we think of pirates, we think of unruly men who are out to gain treasure and generally create havoc while they are doing it. But now, young pirate enthusiasts can take witness to a different type of crew. This particular crew is very diverse, but don't get it wrong, although there are both men and young women on this ship they are still very much a bunch that takes their treasure hunting very seriously.

Young readers can follow along as the captain and her crew, Stretch, Skeeter and Squito, to name a few, set sail for an adventure that entails gold, battles with other pirate ships and some shopping. The twist to this tail is that readers get to choose where to start their adventure. Each page has a scroll with directions. Readers can skip around the pages of the story to create their very own unique adventure. Colorful illustrations and an easy to read and follow storyline make this pirate tale a great story for young pirates who are just learning to read.

Gaston has a wonderful way of making reading interactive and fun. Parents and teachers will embrace the idea of a treasure hunt for the story itself. This is an idea that will get new readers engaged in reading and searching for where the story will take them. The characters are easy to relate to for readers of all ages. This is a great twist on a pirates tale.

[Chris The Story Reading Ape · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great little interactive tale from this Author, complete with high quality colour pictures. It kept me amused trying to find the safe routes.

I look forward to reading more such books from this Author.

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[Lorraine Leatham · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son is five and LOVES this book. We have to read it multiple times before and after school. J.J. gives it 5 stars!!!

[Ashley · Rating 1 out of 5]

When boys read books about pirates they expect to find buried treasure. This book disappointed my boys.

[Barbara Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This pirate book is part of a choose your adventure type of series. The illustrations are attractive, colorful and well-executed. Characters are interesting and diverse enough. The choices are somewhat limited with many similar outcomes. I liked that the size of the text was large and easy to read. That makes this book a good choice for reluctant readers and children with learning disabilities. If the book is used as a read-aloud, the flipping back and forth may be confusing to the child. I believe that the book is particularly suited for readers in the six to nine-year-old age range.

[Brett Minor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was not a fan. I loved the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books in the '80s. So, I thought this might be something my young readers would enjoy. However, there is no actual story here. There is the cool interactivity of getting to make the choice of what direction you want this to go, but whatever you choose will not have an engaging story to draw in the reader. About two sentences on each page. Other than the illustrations (which are great), there is no incentive to turn the page.

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent

I thoroughly enjoy reading these type of children books, for they always teach my children an important life lesson in a simple and easy way that they can understand. It's important for children today to have morals, and the only way that they will obtain them is if they are taught from a young age.

[Susan Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining and cute interactive book for kids. It works very well for Kindle, since kids are able to play along. The illustrations are colorful, vivid and descriptive. Just right for the intended age level. Worth the download!

[Jessica Camacho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interactive

The ability to navigate through different paths/clicks on parchment was fun, it was also interesting to see how different paths ended — it made for a much more engaging read.

[Ashlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was cute and showed a more in depth look into a pirate’s life. I think this would be better in print format so you could actually flip to the correct page but other than that this was pretty fun and enjoyable.

[Katja · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's a rather short choose your own adventure in Kindle format.