Lost on the Amazon (Choose Your Own Adventure #9) - Softcover

R. A. Montgomery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553257951 ISBN 13: 9780553257953

Publisher: Random House Children's Books, 1983

Synopsis

The reader determines the course of the adventures of an expedition exploring the Amazon jungle

About this title

About the Author

R. A. MONTGOMERY attended Hopkins Grammar School, Williston-Northampton School and Williams College where he graduated in 1958. He pursued graduate studies in Religion and Economics at Yale and NYU. Montgomery was an adventurer all his life, climbing mountains in the Himalaya, skiing throughout Europe and scuba-diving wherever he could. His interested included education, macro-economics, geo-politics, mythology, history, mystery novels and music. He wrote his first interactive book, Journey Under the Sea, in 1976 and published it under the series name The Adventures of You. A few years later Bantam Books bought this book and gave Montgomery a contract for five more, to inaugurate their new children s publishing division. Bantam renamed the series Choose Your Own Adventure and a publishing phenomenon was born. The series has sold more than 260 million copies in over 40 languages. He was married to the writer Shannon Gilligan. Montgomery died in November 2014, only two months after his last book was published.

Review

After a generation out of print, the original Choose Your Own Adventure series is back. First published in 1979, the books let readers remix their own stories - and face the consequences...The action in Lost on the Amazon is set against the region's massive deforestation. Move over Jared Diamond, there's a new Cassandra in town. --Wired Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553257951
• ISBN 13: 9780553257953
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 144