Most Popular Books by Shannon Gilligan

Choose Your Own Adventure: Cup of Death Cup of Death... You are a private investigator. You are in Japan, in the famous city of Kyoto, to find a stolen cup, a priceless Japanese National Treasure. Your suspects include politicians, a master of the tea ceremony, and even the yakuza-the Japanese Mafia. The cup is worth more than money can buy...but is it worth your life? 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!

The reader is given choices to make which determine the outcome of an adventure when wishes can come true.

Your uncle Gilroy has found an amulet that unlocks the mystery of a strange civilisation in the Australian desert, the previously only mythical city of Satyrion. You rush out to join him for an exciting trip through the outback. You learn quickly that Gilroy''s find in the sands has unlocked more than an ancient mystery: greedy strangers are on the same trail, but they are seeking uranium, not ancient relics. And they''ll do anything to stop people who are in their way!

(Ages 9-12) You are a young detective with a lead on an old, unsolved case. A package containing $2,000, a newspaper clipping, and a plane ticket to Thailand lands on your doorstep. In 1967, a well-known CIA agent named Jim Thompson mysteriously disappeared. Who kidnapped Jim Thompson? Will you be next?

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 lead to a real-life ghost. Your family vacation in the Caribbean islands takes a spooky turn when YOU meet a pirate ghost. Should you join a group of kids to go spy on the island ghost? Or sneak off to the haunted cemetery in the middle of the night and brave the ghost alone? This haunted adventure might have you travel back in time, sail across the sea, or recover a skull from a museum.

When a famous tea ceremony bowl disappears in Japan and your friend calls for help, you, the reader, choose how the story end.

While on a vacation in Vermont, two sisters become determined to prove that there is a sea monster living in Lake Champlain, in a book where the reader''s choices determine the outcome of the story.

When things start disappearing from kids'' lockers at school, Jeanine Hoffman is falsely accused of being the thief. It''s up to the gang to solve the case and clear her name.

Our secret gang gets involved in a mystery when the hands from the museum clock tower are stolen. They''re determined to find the thief, but as they track the clues they find themselves heading straight for trouble instead.

During an overnight camp-in at the science museum, rumors of a possible jewel robbery at the museum bring added excitement.

As soon as they open their detective agency, the Secret Gang is called on to investigate the presence of a ghostly apparition at the train yard swamp.

The reader is a kidnapped fairy princess and must decide which way the story will go.

(Ages 5-8) Meet Princess Peregrine Yvette (aka "Princess Dirt"), who has the manners of a gentlelady but the kneecaps of a troll. Princess Perri''s mother sends her off to princess camp on Princess Island for a bit of polishing up on her royal skills, but Princess Dirt''s heart is in the wilds of nature.

You the reader find a note from your brother, a reporter for a newspaper, saying if he is not back by six o''clock to sound the alarm. After six what should you do?