Books with author Carol Gaskin

In this interactive fantasy series, readers must make choices that determine how the story ends. In The Forbidden Towers, Book 1, the reader must find a cure for a plague. Unfortunately, the cure is hidden in the Forbidden Towers. Which of the five towers will you enter first - The Tower of Spiders, Hands, Bones, Eaters, or Beasts? Make the wrong decisions, and you may lose your life. Make the right decisions, and you could be a hero. Whatever fate you meet, you can always go back and start again. In the Forgotten Forest, only one thing is certain: The choice is yours.

In The Magician's Ring, Book 2, an evil magician has cast a spell, turning everyone into an animal. Suddenly a strange horse nuzzles your shoulder. An old woman offers to tell you what she knows. How will you save the kingdom? If you want to: search for the magician, turn to page 22; ride away on the horse, turn to page 36; go to the woman's cottage, turn to page 53. Make the wrong decisions, and you may lose your life. Make the right decisions, and you could be a hero. Whatever fate you meet, you can always go back and start again. In the Forgotten Forest, only one thing is certain: The choice is yours.

Did you ever wonder what it was like to live in England during the time of Queen Elizabeth I? Travel back to the 16th century and come face-to-face with the queen herself, and discover, among all the men who loved her, whose ring she wore to her deathbed.The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it.