Choose Your Own Adventure - Mystery of the Maya

I read “Choose Your Own Adventure - Mystery of the Maya” by Richard Anderson. It is a choose your own adventure book so you get to choose what happens and how the story ends. You also get to be the main character in the story. In the book your character is curious about the Mayan civilization so you go on a tour in Mexico. You meet Manuel, who will be your guide because of his Mayan heritage. He said,’’We can explore the ruins or go to Dr.Lopez, the authority of the Maya civilization.’’ You choose to explore the ruins. When you get there you see lots of people exploring what looks like a shattered pyramid. You ask what they were doing and Manuel said,”They are looking for artifacts and documents of life and culture.’’A man and women ask if you would like to help look for artifacts or look around and see what they found so far. You want to help look for artifacts so the man brings you to the site where they were looking to grab a duster and start to look.You were looking for two hours when you found a strange gem. You start to walk over to the man when you you realize you haven’t see Manuel ever since you started your search. You thought you should show the gem to the man, but you’re worried about Manuel. You chose to give the gem to the man and he says you have made the discovery of a lifetime! He pays you ten thousand dollars as reward and you go home tired and exhausted. It was the greatest day of your life and you wish you could do it again.

I thought the book was very detailed and realistic.The mystery and adventure of exploring ancient ruins was very interesting. I love choose your own adventure books because I love the concept of being able to decide how the story ends. I thought it was brilliant for the author to come up with that idea! All and all, choose your own adventure books are a great series and I would recommend it to anyone because you’ll have a good time reading it from beginning to end.

- Vinny A.