The Planet of Terror - Softcover

Patrick Burston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406317756 ISBN 13: 9781406317756

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Be a part of creating the story with this quiz-tastic puzzle book! Your mission on the Planet of Terror is to find your crashed spaceship, the Homestar, and return to Earth. But first you must outwit deadly Tentaclons, ghastly Mutoids, the evil Brain of Terror and other terrifying dangers! There are lots of different puzzles to solve in each book - mazes, spot-the-difference, hidden objects - and many different routes to choose so you can play these games over and again.

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Review:

The reader's quest in The Planet of Terror is to find a spaceship that had to be abandoned just before it crashed. Unfortunately, this planet is chock full of hideous Mutoids, matter-transporter beams, and low-gravity zones. How will the valiant space traveler ever get back to Earth? Every step is a choice; every choice has its risks and rewards. In each of Patrick Burston's Choose-Your-Challenge gamebooks, the reader is assigned a task, then put in control of the direction the story will take. Each page is a new opportunity to alter the course of destiny--at least for this adventure. Along the way, the brave pathfinder will encounter obstreperous obstacles, maddening mazes, mathematical enigmas, and puzzles to perplex even the most clever clue seekers. The way each problem is solved determines which page to turn to next. Often, the intrepid explorer will reach the brink of success, only to be banished to the beginning again, perhaps this time choosing more adroitly among the plethora of permutations for each story. Alastair Graham's dynamic illustrations invite the reader to linger, seeking out the secret details and imagining the lively action within. What better way to prepare children for the decision-making responsibilities they will be shouldering later in life? (Ages 4 to 10) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Patrick Burston grew up in the Midlands and worked as an advertising copywriter for products such as Mars Bars, Tetley teabags, Kleenex tissues and Maxwell House coffee. His books include The Castle of Fear, The Island of Horror, The Jungle of Peril, The Pirates of Doom and The Sea of Menace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1406317756
• ISBN 13: 9781406317756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Alastair Graham