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Escape from a Video Game

Mystery on the Starship Crusader

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Pub Date Apr 20 2021 | Archive Date Apr 20 2021


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Description

Perfect for kids who love video games, space mysteries, and social-deduction games like Among Us, the fast-paced choose-your-own-path Escape from a Video Game adventure series for middle grade readers turns reading into a thrilling screen-free gaming experience.

What if you were trapped on a spaceship with a hidden traitor—and every choice you made could get you eliminated?

In Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader, YOU control the action in an interactive sci-fi adventure packed with puzzles, secret clues, dangerous decisions, and multiple endings.

You and seven other players have been invited inside a mysterious video game competition aboard the Starship Crusader. Survive to the end, and you win a million dollars. Sounds simple—until crew members start disappearing.

Someone on the ship is lying. Someone is sabotaging the mission. And if you can’t uncover the traitor in time, you may never escape the game.

As you explore hidden rooms, solve puzzles, make alliances, and uncover clues, every decision changes the story.

Packed with branching storylines, suspenseful twists, hidden secrets, and replayable adventures, Mystery on the Starship Crusader combines the excitement of a video game with the imagination and creativity of reading.

Why kids and parents love this interactive adventure
  • Choose-your-own-adventure format with multiple endings
  • Perfect for gamers, puzzle lovers, and reluctant readers
  • Among Us–style hidden-traitor mystery in a sci-fi setting
  • Encourages critical thinking, deduction, and decision-making
  • Fast-paced action, suspense, humor, and survival challenges
  • Screen-free entertainment that feels like playing a video game
  • Great for middle-grade readers ages 8–10
  • High replay value encourages rereading and exploration

Perfect for readers who enjoy
  • Video game books for kids
  • Interactive fiction and branching adventures
  • Space mysteries and survival stories
  • Puzzle-solving and hidden clues
  • Among Us–style teamwork and betrayal
  • Fast-paced books with nonstop suspense

Whether your child already loves reading or prefers gaming over books, the immersive interactive adventure of Mystery on the Starship Crusader keeps readers guessing until the very end.

Start the mission and see if you can uncover the traitor before it’s too late.
Perfect for kids who love video games, space mysteries, and social-deduction games like Among Us, the fast-paced choose-your-own-path Escape from a Video Game adventure series for middle grade...

A Note From the Publisher

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Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781524858841
PRICE $11.99 (USD)
PAGES 192

Average rating from 7 members


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An intricate, well-thought-out adventure-mystery for young readers, packed with visual puzzles and reading clues that add up to more than 30 thrilling endings.

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Escape from a video game is kind of a choose your own adventure book with a bit of mystery involved. My 10 yr old and I read this on an ebook copy and I think it would be more enjoyable in print format as trying to move from page to page just wasn't as much fun as flipping through by hand. The story is interesting but my son was not trilled, he said it was good but not great so with that we give it a 3 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC to read for a an honest review.

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A great choose your own adventure type book with lots of action packed choices. The concept is great for building interest in reading for kids who get bored easily or don’t want to read really long stories. It will keep them engaged with decisions to make and puzzles to solve to get ahead.

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This book was so much fun. We read it aloud with the whole family and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. It was a non-stop adventure and the kids absolutely loved feeling a part of the story and being able to choose. My son, who is a game lover, really loved the concept of feeling like he was gaming while reading. Excellent read.

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