The Case of the Silk King
(Part of the Choose Your Own Adventure (#53) Series, Choose Your Own Adventure Chooseco (#14) Series, and Macera Tüneli (#17) Series)
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Book Overview
The Case of the Silk King by Shannon Gilligan takes YOU on a detective-style adventure as you explore Asia for the missing Silk King, Jim Thompson. 9-12 year old readers will journey to Bangkok, Thailand, following a lead received in a mysterious package containing $2,000, a plane ticket, and a strange newspaper clipping. Choose Your Own Adventure The Case of the Silk King is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next. In 1967, Jim Thompson, a famous businessman with connections to the CIA, went missing in Malaysia. You are a detective with an eye for a good case, so hopping a plane to Asia isn't out of the ordinary. When you land, will you find that you're not the only one on the case? Who kidnapped Jim Thompson? Will you be next?
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:193339014X
ISBN13:9781933390147
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:Chooseco
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.26 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 4.2" x 6.9"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Sheer fascination
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
The series certainly has gone downhill since the glory days. "The Case of the Silk King" is among the best CYOA ever produced.I don't know if Shannon Gilligan ever wrote another CYOA book, but this one rivals Edward Packard. It loosely takes the real-life story of Jim Thompson, an American silk magnate who disappeared in Thailand, and has the reader pretend to be a young detective asked to track down Thompson years later.There no real reason tendered for why so many people don't want you to discover the truth, but this minor quibble never distracts from the general quality of the book. It takes the hoary conventions of CYOA books -- especially the use of the exotic locale -- and plays them to the hilt. If I recall correctly (I'm nineteen...it has been years...), you can get killed off by everything from a Bengal tiger to a flash flood if you make the wrong choice.This is rather unique in the series, in that it takes off on an actual historical happening. CYOA doesn't get any better than this.(P.S. -- Check out my review of "Your Code Name is Jonah" -- another classic CYOA book. E-mail me...we can talk about the strange hold this series has on the imagination...)
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