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See moreThis box set is the only way to own the complete Escape from a Video Game series plus The Lost Files, an exclusive bonus adventure! Each pick-your-plot story drops young readers into a different video game to defeat monsters, solve mysteries, and outsmart supervillains.
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This box set is the only way to own the complete Escape from a Video Game series plus The Lost Files, an exclusive bonus adventure! Each pick-your-plot story drops young readers into a different video game to defeat monsters, solve mysteries, and outsmart supervillains.
The follow-up to the bestselling Trapped in a Video Game series puts the controller in your hands. Choose where to explore, when to attack, and who to trust as you uncover the secrets buried deep within each game. Once you finish the three main adventures, check out The Lost Files, in-print and illustrated for the first time, for one final showdown with the ultimate villain.
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Book Two: Mystery on the Starship Crusader
Join eight strangers inside of a video game for a chance to win a million dollars. Survive to the end, and youโre rich. Thereโs just one problem: a traitor is hiding among your group. This whodunnit space adventure is perfect for fans of Among Us.
Book Three: The Endgame
One hundred villains will enter Grim Island, but only one will be crowned the Greatest Supervillain of All Time. Will it be you? Fortnite fans will fall in love with this battle royale adventureโs frenetic pace and quirky humour.
Bonus Book: The Lost Files
The Lost Files unlocks each bookโs secret adventure to take you on a wild ride that leads to the ultimate villain of the series. This newly illustrated collection of stories, previously only available online, provides a satisfying conclusion to the Escape from a Video Game saga.
From Dustin Brady, author of the bestselling Trapped in a Video Game series, Escape from a Video Game is an interactive adventure series that promises hours of screen-free fun for kids aged 9-12 who like to play video gamesโฆ and may not realise yet that they also like to read.
Series: Escape from a Video Game
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Escape from a Video Game
This box set is the only way to own the complete Escape from a Video Game series plus The Lost Files, an exclusive bonus adventure! Each pick-your-plot story drops young readers into a different video game to defeat monsters, solve mysteries, and outsmart supervillains. The follow-up to the bestselling Trapped in a Video Game series puts the controller in your...Paperback$9900Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Escape from a Video Game
Young gamers control the action in this interactive series from the bestselling author of Trapped in a Video Game. With more than 30 endings and an unlockable bonus adventure, this second book in the series promises hours of screen-free fun. This is one book that will super-power the interest of any "I'd rather be gaming" kid. In this pick-your-path adventure,...PaperbackSold Out -
Escape from a Video Game
Cooper Hawke and the Secret of Phantom Island is the greatest video game nobody has ever played. The treasure-hunting adventure was supposed to set a new standard for gaming. Then, just one month before its release date, it fell off the face of the earth. Now, for the first time, you get a chance to play the mysterious game โ...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781524876067
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 December 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Jesse Brady
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 48.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 1368g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Dustin Brady writes funny, action-packed books for kids. Although he regularly gets locked out of his own accounts for forgetting passwords, Dustin still remembers theย Super Mario Bros. 3 game genie code for infinite lives. Itโs SLXPLOVS. Dustin lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, kids, and a small dog named Nugget.
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