Race Forever / Escape / Lost on the Amazon / Prisoner of the Ant People / Trouble on Planet Earth / War with the Evil Power Master (Choose Your Own Adventure 7-12)

by R.A. Montgomery

This 6-book boxed set of interactive, children's classics include: Race Forever * Escape * Lost on the Amazon * Prisoner of the Ant People * Trouble on Planet Earth * War With the Evil Power Master

864 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

About the author

Raymond A. Montgomery (born 1936 in Connecticut) was an author and progenitor of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series, which ran from 1979 to 2003. Montgomery graduated from Williams College and went to graduate school at Yale University and New York University (NYU). He devoted his life to teaching and education.

In 2004, he co-founded the Chooseco publishing company alongside his wife, fellow author/publisher Shannon Gilligan, with the goal of reviving the CYOA series with new novels and reissued editions of the classics.

He continued to write and publish until his death in 2014.

Reviews

[Elanjelian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading these series as a 12 year-old. As my command of the language was rather meagre then, I didn’t find them an easy read. Nonetheless, the format must have captivated my imagination, and I was regularly borrowing the books.

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series of books is great for road trips and travel because you can read the book over and over and discover more possible outcomes. Most books you would read page by page, But this book tells you which page to start at and let you pick the way the story goes . And that’s what makes this book stand out more than others.