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YOU VS The Galactic Pirates

Name: YOU VS The Galactic Pirates
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781529527247
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A Choose Your Path Adventure for fans of interactive adventures like Cluedle, Murdle Junior and gamer kids age 9-12

By Josh Hicks

Series: YOU VS

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YOU VS The Galactic Pirates is an interactive space adventure. It’s not a story to be read, but a mystery to be solved, an adventure to be had... by you! The story so far: You've won an all-expenses-paid experience aboard the greatest spaceship in the galaxy... Read More

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Description

YOU VS The Galactic Pirates is an interactive space adventure. It’s not a story to be read, but a mystery to be solved, an adventure to be had... by you!

The story so far:

You've won an all-expenses-paid experience aboard the greatest spaceship in the galaxy – until space-scurvied Galactic Pirates storm the ship, abduct the crew and the famous professor, and drag them to a secret lair!

What next:

You and your fellow cadet must seize the ship, brave deep space, and stage a daring rescue – though whether you play the hero or go rogue is entirely up to you!

Choose your spaceship, choose your allies – choose the story!

YOU VS is a series of interactive adventure stories where you, the reader, get to choose what happens next. Full of maps, diagrams and illustrations, YOU VS gives readers the chance to star in their own stories: big genre adventures with huge stakes, real heart and a sense of humour. Oh, and lots and lots of endings.

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Can YOU solve the case? Choose your suspect, choose your next move – choose the story!YOU VS is a series of interactive adventure stories where the reader gets to choose what happens next! Full of maps, diagrams and illustrations, YOU VS gives readers the chance to star in their own stories: big genre adventures with huge stakes, real heart and...

By Josh Hicks

Paperback

$18⁹⁹
Elsewhere:
~~$19⁹⁹~~

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YOU VS The Galactic Pirates

YOU VS The Galactic Pirates is an interactive space adventure. It’s not a story to be read, but a mystery to be solved, an adventure to be had... by you! The story so far: You've won an all-expenses-paid experience aboard the greatest spaceship in the galaxy – until space-scurvied Galactic Pirates storm the ship, abduct the crew and the famous...

By Josh Hicks

Paperback

$18⁹⁹

Pre-order
Out 1 Feb 2027

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529527247

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 February 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Illustration: B/w throughout, on every page

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Diary of a Wimpy Kid Josh Hicks Kids & YA Pre-orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Children's Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: YOU VS Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

Josh Hicks is a writer and illustrator based in Cardiff. He has published two graphic novels, Glorious Wrestling Alliance: Ultimate Championship Edition and Hotelitor, both with Lerner and distributed in the UK by Bounce. He is in the process of writing and illustrating a trilogy of MG graphic novels for Dark Horse Comics based on the video game Minecraft. Josh has also co-directed music videos for Foo Fighters, directed Bill Nighy and Craig Roberts in the animated film Spectre of the Bear, and served as the co-designer and illustrator of the card game Glorious Wrestling Alliance: Ultrabrawl, published by Tinkerbot Games.

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