Pick the Plot
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2017

Pick the Plot

By James Riley

Part of the Story Thieves series

Trapped in a time travel book, Owen's fate is in your hands. Will you help him escape or leave him to the dinosaurs?

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Owen Conners is trapped in a time travel book, where your choices decide his fate. Imprisoned with time criminals in a prehistoric era, Owen meets Kara, who claims to know him. Together, they must escape to save his friend Bethany from a dire threat. Can Owen convince you to guide him back, or will you choose a path that leaves him stranded? The power is yours in this interactive adventure where the line between fiction and reality blurs, and the stakes are nothing less than the fate of two worlds.

From the publisher

Readers choose what happens when Owen finds himself stuck in a Pick Your Own Plot story, in this fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves–which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal–from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy. Being able to jump into books used to seem like the greatest thing in the world to Owen Conners. But now Owen’s trapped in a time travel book where readers–that would be you–decide how the story goes. As if that weren’t enough, Owen’s also stuck in a prison for time criminals in a prehistoric era. He’s surrounded by bizarre fellow prisoners, including Kara Dox. How does Kara recognize Owen if they’ve never met before? She seems to think they’re old friends, but that can’t be possible. Still, Kara might just be the only chance Owen has to escape. And he has to find a way out to save his friend Bethany, who’s still in grave danger. Because unless Owen can stop him, Nobody is going to split Bethany into two, separating the fictional and nonfictional worlds forever. Will Owen be able to convince you, the reader, to help him find his way back to Bethany? Or will you feed him to dinosaurs just to teach him a lesson? It’s all up to you when you Pick the Plot.

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Format
Pages
367
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
750L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.8
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
March 20, 2018
First published
September 26, 2017
Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781481461290

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