New Releases by R. A. Montgomery

You were born on a spaceship travelling between galaxies and raised by parents from two different planets. You are now old enough to decide your citizenship: Will you choose planet Kenda or planet Croyd to be your home? Do you peacefully join a group of aliens or fight them off? how should you thwart a curse placed upon you? What do you do in the face of dinosaurs? how can you work as an agent of intergalactic peace?

Make choices with your child diving into the deep-sea! Adapted from the bestselling Choose Your Own Adventure book where YOU choose what happens next to reach three happy endings.

For readers aged 5-8, this Dragonlark gamebook pack is all about exploration and adventure with your wacky robot friend, Gus. Contains 3 books from the Dragonlarks series: Your Very Own Robot by R. A. Montgomery: Using your scientist parents robot junk, you build your own robot. Gus, your quirky robot, steams when he should sing, shoots up into space without warning, and lands himself in a tank of strawberry ice cream! Your Very Own Robot Goes Cuckoo-Bananas! by R. A. Montgomery: Gus is your very own robot, and your best friend. Your parents tell you that if he gets into trouble one more time, he s going in the trash! You and Gus are left alone one afternoon, and before long he disappears. You ve got to find your robot before he ends up at the dump! Gus Vs. The Robot King by R. A. Montgomery: There is civil unrest in the robot news and your robot''s cousin is in the middle of it. You set out to help! You''ll fly over the moon in a hovercraft, discover the secret powers of jellyfish, and save the oceans and the WORLD from the threat of an ice cream sundae shortage. 240 total pages, full-color art, 32 total endings

The year is 2045. Civil wars and foreign attacks have split the U.S into three hostile political areas. Can you make it home from your secret mission in time to help? A once-proud country governed by freedom is torn apart. One section, Dorado, dominates the others with harsh police-state tactics. You are from Turtalia, a new democracy, and you are returning there with important information about Doradan''s plans to invade. Two others, Matt and Mimla, join you in escaping to Turtalia. The Doradan underground has helped the three of you get as far as Albuquerque, but now you are on your own. Theyre closing in on us, Matt says tensely. I can feel it. There is no sign of the Secret Police on the horizon; but you know they could appear at any moment. They are relentless killers. If you decide to follow Matt''s suggestion to return to town to avoid capture, turn to page 10. YOU choose what happens next!

Born aboard a deep space cruiser on a dangerous research mission, you are asked to choose your home planet. Your parents are from different planets in different galaxies. Their planets are alike enough so that you will not be a freak on either one. But they are different enough so that YOUR choice will have a huge effect on your life.

"Have you ever read a book that''s about you? This book is. Your best friends are your dog Homer and your cat Zogg. But there''s a secret about them that no one knows but you: Zogg and Homer can talk! When your school friend, Janice, invites you to Paris for two weeks, you''re not sure if you can leave Homer and Zogg all alone. They had big plans to take you to outer space this summer. SPACE?! So what will you do? Should you let Squarks and diamond-covered mice teach you about different life-forms in the Universe? Or do you want to climb the Eiffel Tower and fight bandits in a riverboat along the Seine"--Page 4 of cover

Choose Your Own Adventure: Chinese Dragons Chinese Dragons... You are a farmer in 7th century China. Your family is very poor, but now-at the dawn of the Tang Dynasty-powerful warriors are bringing change to China. Perhaps your bravery, wisdom, and skill may open new doors for you. Who will you become, now that you are free from working on your uncle''s farm? The Choose your Own Adventure series is unique new series consists of 30 titles adapted from the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure series, which has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and spawned an entire genre called ''interactive fiction''. What makes Choose Your Own Adventure different is that you, the reader, are the main character. You make the choices that can lead to a happy conclusion-or perhaps to a terrible fate! Each title is made up of several branching storylines, with up to 30 different endings. As a result, most readers read each book again and again, experiencing a different story each time. Originally targeted at reluctant readers, Choose Your Own Adventure has helped to develop critical thinking, literacy skills, and an interest in reading for a whole generation of English native speakers. Now adapted for English language learners of any age, the Choose Your Own Adventure series is a fun addition to any extensive reading library. Indeed, the stories are so engaging we guarantee that even non-ESL learners will enjoy reading them!

Choose from 9 possible endings in this interactive Choose Your Own Adventure book for 5- to 8-year-old readers! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children''s series of all time-are now for little kids, too! Filled with colorful illustrations on almost every page, these books make reading together extra fun. But be careful!!! The choices YOU make might bring you face to face with ghost knights. YOU embark on another time-traveling adventure around the world with your best friend, Homer the dog. If you jump into Homer''s crazy contraption and visit the next haunted house, will you ever make it home? Will you learn to read Latin? You might visit a British manor with magic inside, then shoot off to Thailand and meet some majestic elephants. Return to Haunted House is a companion book to The Haunted House.

(Ages 9-12) You are a young Orcan living on Planet Orca, where curiosity and exploration are punishable by exile. You are fascinated by your planet''s secret off-limits Lost Region. When you''re caught by the Elders they send you to a planet where curiosity is part of life: Earth.

During a hike through the nearby woods, the reader stumbles upon a mysterious tree inhabited by magical, talking owls, in a multiple-plot fantasy adventure.

Readers make choices that determine the outcome of the story when, while exploring the seas for the lost continent of Atlantis, they are separated from their diving vessel.

You are a race car driver alone in Africa where the course is tough, hazardous, and risky, with unscrupulous competitors. Floods, elephants and local guerrillas are nothing compared to the drivers who will do anything to win. The race course you choose may spell the beginning or end of your career.

The reader faces deadly dangers as a writer on assignment in Mexico to explore the ruins of the Mayan Indians and solve the mystery of why the ancient civilization collapsed.

When a bandit clan known as the Chinese Dragons invades your small village in 7th century China, you must choose between life as an orphaned prisoner and a run for freedom.

The reader becomes a student enrolled in a summer training program as a smoke jumper in the Pacific Northwest, an area hit hard by a number of small, suspicious forest fires.

"The classic series is back! Choose from 16 possible endings"--Cover.

Readers decide their own destiny in this adventure in which they visit a nearby island for a day, only to be stranded on it by a violent storm.

Readers can choose between twenty-eight possible endings as they follow the adventures of a young man as he searches for the Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas.

Two hours after the reader and some friends climb into two silver-winged motor gliders with maps, compasses, water rations, and emergency kits, the planes go down.

"The classic series is back! Choose from 16 possible endings"--Cover.

(Ages 5-8) You live in Tibet in 1696. Your parents say you''re not old enough to go on the long caravan to India, through the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. You know the trip could be dangerous (bandits, bad weather, rock falls), but it would be the journey of a lifetime.

"NEWS ALERT: SUDDEN TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF PLANETS HAEMOG AND AROUTH, SECTOR 31-47-89. EVIL POWER MASTER CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY. He''s back And the Evil Power Master is seeking revenge. You are the primary unit commander of the Lacoonian System Rapid Force response team, in charge of protecting all planets in the Lacoonian System. As you and your team position to find and fight him, you discover that the Evil Power Master has zeroed in on three planets. His goal is to destroy them and all life on them. Your gut tells you he will stop at nothing now. You?re right, Flppto. I hoped we had destroyed him in the Purple Days War."" ""Well, Commander, don?t be hard on yourself. You did your best. His power must be strong again, or he would never have attacked. What form he will take this time remains to be seen."" ""What should we do?"" If you decide to check out Sector immediately, turn to page 6. YOU choose what happens next "

The reader decides the outcome of the planets in the Laconian System in this latest Choose Your Own Adventure novel.

WHERE HAVE ALL YOUR ZONDO QUEST GROUP MEMBERS GONE? AND WHAT DO THE ANT PEOPLE HAVE TO DO WITH IT? You have been a research member of the Zondo Quest Group II for three years. Your mission: combat the Evil Power Master, a little-known entity who is attempting to destroy individual planets one by one in his quest to control the universe. New rumors swirl that the Evil Power Master has formed an alliance with the fearsome Ant People. And today, most members of your team are missing. Are they playing a prank? Or have they become prisoners of the Ant People? Rendoxoll swivels toward you and speaks. All members of the Rimpoche Team are missing. The Rimpoche Team members entered the research lab at the 000170 appointed phase but have not come out. They are gone. The Baba Ram Team is also missing. Same conditions. I need volunteers to search for them. I myself will lead. If you agree to go with Rendoxoll, turn to page 4. YOU choose what happens next!

For use in schools and libraries only. If readers make the right decisions, they can help Peter and Lucy find the mysterious jewels of a secret African kingdom.

Choose from twenty possible endings and see if Dr. Wogan''s discovery with radiation is a good thing or a bad thing.

It is the year 2045. The US is a country besieged by war, split into three hostile zones. One section, Dorado, dominates the others with harsh police-state tactics. You are from Turtalia, a new democracy, and you are returning there with important information about Doradan''s plans to invade. Two others, Matt and Mimla, join you in escaping to Turtalia. The Doradan underground has helped the three of you get as far as Albuquerque, but now you are on your own. Your mission is to bring information to your leaders, but can you escape the secret police?

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