Treasure Diver

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're engaged in a search for two Spanish galleons that sank in 1698, and of course their treasure. Most of the hazards you'll face are those that come with the show more job.

Observations: this is a more serious take on the theme from Journey Under the Sea (#2), beginning with an overview of diving equipment and diving hazards (decompression and nitrogen narcosis). This isn't to help you make wiser choices but so that you can understand some of the awful things that are going to happen to you.

Personal memories: I remember buying this one more than I remember reading it. show less

I love the Choose Your Own Adventure series - I started reading them in sixth grade, as my teacher had several in her classroom library. I quickly started collecting them, and I have a fairly large personal collection of them now.

I read this one to my boys for bedtime over several nights. They went through many of the endings and were happy when they finally got the big win. What I really like about this book is the use of actual scuba diving terminology, with particular emphasis on the effects of decompression, nitrogen narcosis, and other realistic issues of diving.

The art is what I consider to be classical Choose Your Own Adventure art, with many of the pictures being evocative of the story being told.