Choose Your Own Adventure: Mystery of the Maya Mystery of the Maya...You are a world-traveling adventurer. You are in Mexico, in the Yucatan Peninsula, looking for your missing friend, Amanda, and trying to understand the mystery of the Maya. Why did the Maya suddenly disappear almost one thousand years ago? And who is your mysterious guide, Manuel? Can it be true that he is a time traveling Mayan Priest? The Choose your Own Adventure series is unique new series consists of 30 titles adapted from the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure series, which has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and spawned an entire genre called 'interactive fiction'. What makes Choose Your Own Adventure different is that you, the reader, are the main character. You make the choices that can lead to a happy conclusion-or perhaps to a terrible fate! Each title is made up of several branching storylines, with up to 30 different endings. As a result, most readers read each book again and again, experiencing a different story each time. Originally targeted at reluctant readers, Choose Your Own Adventure has helped to develop critical thinking, literacy skills, and an interest in reading for a whole generation of English native speakers. Now adapted for English language learners of any age, the Choose Your Own Adventure series is a fun addition to any extensive reading library. Indeed, the stories are so engaging we guarantee that even non-ESL learners will enjoy reading them! - from Amzon