Forecast From Stonehenge (Choose Your Own Adventure #19) - Softcover

R. A. Montgomery

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933390190 ISBN 13: 9781933390192

Publisher: Chooseco, 2007

Synopsis

Forecast From Stonehenge by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU on a fantasy adventure as you explore the magical undercurrents of English lore. 9-12 year old readers will travel to the English countryside to meet a mysterious man claiming he has secret information about the missing heelstone - one of the famous Arthurian myths associated with the ancient site of Stonehenge.

Choose Your Own Adventure Forecast From Stonehenge is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next.

You are an explorer and a junior detective and you've just returned to your home in London, England. The solstice is approaching and you follow a tip to Stonehenge in search of the missing heelstone. Is this mysterious contact tied to a dangerous vision of the future? Will you be tricked by the fairies? Can you entice the magical tree sprite and outwit the scary giant?

For readers who enjoyed other titles from the Choose Your Own Adventure series, including: Space and Beyond by R. A. Montgomery, Secret of the Ninja by Jay Leibold, and Mystery of the Maya by R. A. Montgomery.

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:

The Choose Your Own Adventure books allow middle graders to experiment with nonlinear storytelling, a developmental step that some kids need. Choice-points in the stories force youngsters to visualize and mull over plot possibilities, letting them take control of the reading experience. Individual volumes in this versatile series treat many different themes, take numerous approaches, and incorporate varying levels of complexity, making the titles suited to a wide audience. Sure-fire successes with reluctant readers, the books can also encourage youngsters who have the skills but have stopped short to move past their point of resistance. And of course, more accomplished readers love them too. --School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Chooseco
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933390190
• ISBN 13: 9781933390192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144