Lost on the Amazon

The Choose Your Own Adventure series offered an option every few pages to choose how the story would continue. According to your preference, you would follow its instructions by turning to the appropriate page of the book as indicated by your choice. This was a popular and revolutionary idea when the series was first launched in the early 1980s, driving it to incredible sales levels for many years until it was overshadowed by variants on the idea that took the concept to more elaborate lengths (e.g. Fighting Fantasy) and especially by other interactive media.

The plot: you've come to join a medical expedition, but that expedition has been lost in the jungle and now it's your mission to rescue them. A decent mix of jungle survival and show more interactions with the native peoples.

Observations: published on the heels of the previous entry and having a similar theme, I think it suffers from the comparison. It has an appreciably more mature tone than many of the series' earlier entries and seems to entirely lack any fantastical elements, which for its target age range was probably a drawback.

Personal memories: I found and read this much later than my much-read copy of The Lost Tribe (#23), so it hasn't meant as much to me. Given its complete lack of whimsy I doubt whether it would have been a favourite. show less

Died on my first choice which seemed the safe/logical thing to do. I skimmed the different endings and you don't seem to find your missing friends in any of them.