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Choose Your Own Adventure Cryptid Chronicles: Mothman

Illustrated by Sofia Cavallari
Paperback
$9.99 US
5-1/2"W x 8-1/4"H | 13 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Jul 22, 2025 | 208 Pages | 9781933390710
Age 9-12 years | Grades 4-7

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Unknowable forces are lurking in the mountains of Appalachia in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 17 possible endings!

Choose Your Own Adventure books–the 4th bestselling children’s series of all time–are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading.


YOU are a kid with mysteries to solve in the heart of the Appalachian mountains, where a timeless tension between ancient creatures and alien invaders is coming to a head! You’ve heard stories of when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River, and sightings of a terrifying figure in the aftermath that led many to blame the Mothman for the tragedy. And now, as another disaster looms, it’s up to you to stop it!

Will the mesmerizing glow of the Mothman's eyes lure you into joining him? Will a secret government agency recruit you to help them save the Earth? Or will you be kidnapped to an alien planet, never to see your home again? 

Kids who love cryptids and UFOs will be swept away by this thrilling science fiction adventure, where their choices are literally the most important thing in the world!
Cristin Bishara is the author of Vial of Tears (Holiday House) and Relativity (Bloomsbury), both young adult novels. Cristin graduated with a B.A. in English from Kenyon College, and earned her M.F.A. in creative writing from St. Mary’s College of CA. Over the years, she’s worked as a freelance copywriter, and has taught composition and fiction writing at the university level. These days she lives and writes in Tampa, FL with her family and dogs.

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Unknowable forces are lurking in the mountains of Appalachia in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 17 possible endings!

Choose Your Own Adventure books–the 4th bestselling children’s series of all time–are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading.


YOU are a kid with mysteries to solve in the heart of the Appalachian mountains, where a timeless tension between ancient creatures and alien invaders is coming to a head! You’ve heard stories of when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River, and sightings of a terrifying figure in the aftermath that led many to blame the Mothman for the tragedy. And now, as another disaster looms, it’s up to you to stop it!

Will the mesmerizing glow of the Mothman's eyes lure you into joining him? Will a secret government agency recruit you to help them save the Earth? Or will you be kidnapped to an alien planet, never to see your home again? 

Kids who love cryptids and UFOs will be swept away by this thrilling science fiction adventure, where their choices are literally the most important thing in the world!

Author

Cristin Bishara is the author of Vial of Tears (Holiday House) and Relativity (Bloomsbury), both young adult novels. Cristin graduated with a B.A. in English from Kenyon College, and earned her M.F.A. in creative writing from St. Mary’s College of CA. Over the years, she’s worked as a freelance copywriter, and has taught composition and fiction writing at the university level. These days she lives and writes in Tampa, FL with her family and dogs.

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