Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader

Name: Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Dustin Brady

Apr 2021 · Escape from a Video Game Book 2 · Andrews McMeel Publishing

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192

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About this ebook

Perfect for kids who love video games, space mysteries, and social-deduction games like Among Us, the fast-paced choose-your-own-path Escape from a Video Game adventure series for middle grade readers turns reading into a thrilling screen-free gaming experience.

What if you were trapped on a spaceship with a hidden traitor—and every choice you made could get you eliminated?

In Escape from a Video Game: Mystery on the Starship Crusader, YOU control the action in an interactive sci-fi adventure packed with puzzles, secret clues, dangerous decisions, and multiple endings.

You and seven other players have been invited inside a mysterious video game competition aboard the Starship Crusader. Survive to the end, and you win a million dollars. Sounds simple—until crew members start disappearing.

Someone on the ship is lying. Someone is sabotaging the mission. And if you can’t uncover the traitor in time, you may never escape the game.

As you explore hidden rooms, solve puzzles, make alliances, and uncover clues, every decision changes the story.

Packed with branching storylines, suspenseful twists, hidden secrets, and replayable adventures, Mystery on the Starship Crusader combines the excitement of a video game with the imagination and creativity of reading.

Why kids and parents love this interactive adventure

Choose-your-own-adventure format with multiple endings
Perfect for gamers, puzzle lovers, and reluctant readers
Among Us–style hidden-traitor mystery in a sci-fi setting
Encourages critical thinking, deduction, and decision-making
Fast-paced action, suspense, humor, and survival challenges
Screen-free entertainment that feels like playing a video game
Great for middle-grade readers ages 8–10
High replay value encourages rereading and exploration

Perfect for readers who enjoy

Video game books for kids
Interactive fiction and branching adventures
Space mysteries and survival stories
Puzzle-solving and hidden clues
Among Us–style teamwork and betrayal
Fast-paced books with nonstop suspense

Whether your child already loves reading or prefers gaming over books, the immersive interactive adventure of Mystery on the Starship Crusader keeps readers guessing until the very end.

Start the mission and see if you can uncover the traitor before it’s too late.

Perfect for kids who love video games, space mysteries, and social-deduction games like Among Us, the fast-paced choose-your-own-path Escape from a Video Game adventure series for middle grade readers turns reading into a thrilling screen-free gaming experience. What if you were trapped on a spa...

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About the author

Dustin Brady writes funny, action-packed books for kids. Although he regularly gets locked out of his own accounts for forgetting passwords, Dustin still remembers the Super Mario Bros. 3 game genie code for infinite lives. It’s SLXPLOVS. Dustin lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, kids, and a small dog named Nugget.

Dustin Brady writes funny, action-packed books for kids. Although he regularly gets locked out of his own accounts for forgetting passwords, Dustin still remembers the Super Mario Bros. 3 game genie code for infinite lives. It’s SLXPLOVS. Dustin lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife, kids, and ...

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