Lost on the Amazon

Lost On The Amazon by R. A. Montgomery takes YOU on an adventure to the magical Amazon River basin, home to the greatest biodiversity on planet Earth. 9-12 year old readers will trek through the jungle and help the South & Central American forest people fight a tropical disease epidemic, while confronting evil spirits at every turn. Choose Your Own Adventure Lost On The Amazon is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next. You arrive in the South American jungle and part of your team is missing. Should you explore the Amazon alone? Many people need your help! Although you are a doctor, and your specialities are greatly needed, this dense, tropical forest has more secrets than it has survivors....

Raymond A. Montgomery is the founder of the Choose Your Own Adventure interactive children's book series. Montgomery synthesized all of his varied educational and game theory work in the Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) series, first published by Bantam Books in 1979. The series grew into a publishing phenomenon with over 180 titles and 250 million copies published worldwide in over 35 languages. The books were unique in that they appealed equally to girls and boys, to reluctant readers and avid ones. The CYOA series has been used in classrooms from early elementary school to college. At the a

THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN IS HOME TO THE GREATEST BIODIVERSITY ON PLANET EARTH. WILL IT YIELD UP ITS POTENTIAL CURES? OR SINK YOU IN ITS DEPTHS? Strange tropical diseases can wipe out whole communities in days. And in this age of modern travel, they can morph into worldwide epidemics in mere weeks. You are a young doctor specializing in such threats. Now you face a journey into the heart of the Amazon jungle where your medical team has mysteriously disappeared in the search for a cure. For hours you travel with the light of stars. "Owaduga, could it be the Amazons who captured my friends?" The canoe twists in the current. "Be quiet!" You look into the darkness. Nothing! The dugout bumps against a submerged log. There on the bank is a tall, strong looking figure. It is a woman. There are others behind her. Owaduga speaks. "If you wish, why not ask her?" If you ask these women for help, turn to page 11. If you ask Owaduga to speak for you, turn to page 33. YOU choose what happens next!

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