Adventures in a Video Game: The Gold Box

A high-energy boxed set of four complete video-game adventures plus a bonus book of three short stories from bestselling author Dustin Brady—packed with short chapters, big cliffhangers, and hilarious twists that turn gamers into readers.

Level up your reading with this action-packed five-book boxed set from bestselling author Dustin Brady, made especially for kids who love video games and fast, funny stories. Each volume is a standalone adventure set in a different video game world, so readers can start anywhere.

• My Friend from the Future: Chaos explodes at Bently Carmone’s birthday when video game aliens invade his party. Bently must team up with an unlikely hero to defeat the invaders and uncover a long-kept family mystery.
• Don't Climb This Mountain: YouTube star Sir Hype launches a digital mountain challenge. Archie Maloney joins 99 other players in a dangerous race or fame and survival filled with monsters, glitches, and scheming rivals.
• Never Trust a Robot: Diego wakes up on Guntir Island with no memory, five other kids in the same situation, and a ticking bomb. Their only guide Robbie—a cheerful robot—definitely knows more than he’s telling.
• Great Pie Heist: Harper must pull off the ultimate rescue mission to save Cozy Critter Valley before the game shuts down forever. But with friends and foes colliding, even a perfect heist might not be enough.
• Bonus: The (Super Safe, Nothing to Worry About) Fun Pack of illustrated short stories—1 v 1, Free, and Super Mateo—celebrating popular video game genres.

For fans of Brady’s Trapped in a Video Game or Escape from a Video game, Minecraft or Fortnite—open the box and press start for five times the fun!

Dustin Brady writes books for kids who think they hate reading. His Trapped in a Video Game series has sold over one million copies because—as it turns out—there are a lot of kids who think they hate reading. Dustin loves Tetris, pinball, trick shot videos, and many other silly pastimes that he calls “book research” even though they very much don’t seem like book research. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, three kids, and a small dog named Nugget. Dustin honestly can’t believe he gets to do this for a living.

A.K. Atticus has been drawing since he was old enough to hold a pencil. Growing up on Florida’s sunny Treasure Coast, he honed a style that blends inventive characters with an eye for detail. Today, he channels his imagination into comic book covers, creature designs, and book illustrations for audiences around the world.