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Synopsis
Finally back in print after a 25-year wait! Get lost in time in this iconic interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 40 possible endings! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading. YOU are hiking in Snake Canyon when you find yourself lost in the strange, dimly lit Cave of Time. And depending on which of the curving paths you take, you'll emerge into a different thrilling moment in history. Will you be adopted into a band of early humans and hunt down a woolly mammoth? Will you be captured by medieval knights and put on trial before a king? Or will you find yourself a passenger on board the Titanic moments before it hits an iceberg? With every twist and turn you choose, an entirely new adventure awaits you in the past ... or maybe even the future! A generation of readers was enraptured by this instant classic title, and for many it's their first and strongest memory of Choose Your Own Adventure. Long-time fans will eagerly dive into revisiting this gem from the early days of the series, and kid readers will love discovering the Cave of Time as they navigate a maze of choices to discover every path and find the wildest endings.
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Is The Cave of Time (Choose Your Own Adventure Retro Editions) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 9 and up.
Kids make choices that lead to different historical adventures with mild peril including hunting woolly mammoths, medieval trials, and the Titanic disaster. Some paths involve danger and death, but violence is not graphic and presented in age-appropriate ways.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include captivity, animal death, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
You get to pick what happens next in every chapter and can read the book over and over to find all 40 different endings across different time periods.