The Lake Monster Mystery (Choose Your Own Adventure Series) Book

Our oldest has been bringing home various You Choose books from her elementary school library. And now at our local library we've discovered some of the books from the original Choose Your Own Adventure series that I read when I was a child. I remember loving books like this in my childhood and I am excited that our girls are discovering them as well.

This is a CYOA book for young readers and it features a search for a lake monster in Lake Champlain in Vermont. I thought it was interesting that the main character is depicted in a somewhat gender-neutral manner, so the reader can easily pretend to be the character. The story is suspenseful in a few places, but not overly scary. Most of the endings are at least somewhat satisfying, with a few pleasant surprises along the way. Some of the narrative gets quite silly in places and the illustrations are often cartoonish.

But overall, it's a fun story with colorful illustrations and we enjoyed reading it together, taking turns following different paths.