Richard Brightfield (born 1927) is an American writer of children's

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s. He wrote a number of

Choose Your Own Adventure ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actio ...

books, and was the first author to establish himself within that series after its founders Edward Packard and

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, his earliest works for that series had quite different subject matter, being focused on various scientific topics or fantasy. Brightfield resides in

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.Klinger, Cindy N. (June 21, 1992) "Big on books: Libraries can keep kids enthralled and entertained until Labor Day", ''

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'', p. 30.

Choose Your Own Adventure

*19. Secret of the Pyramids *26. The Phantom Submarine *30. The Curse of Batterslea Hall *33. The Dragons' Den *36. The Secret Treasure of Tibet *46. The Deadly Shadow *70. Invaders of the Planet Earth *75. Planet of the Dragons *82. Hurricane! *88. Master of Kung Fu *102. Master of Tae Kwon Do *106. Hijacked! *108. Master of Karate *126. Master of Martial Arts *148. Master of Judo *166. Master of Aikido *176. Master of Kendo

Choose Your Own Adventure - Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

*1. The Valley of the Kings *2. South of the Border *3. Revolution in Russia *4. Masters of the Louvre *5. African Safari *6. Behind the Great Wall *7. The Roaring Twenties *8. The Irish Rebellion

Choose Your Own Nightmare

*3. Island of Doom *12. Something's in the Woods *15. How I Became a Freak

Earth Inspectors

*7. China: Why Was an Army Made of Clay? *8. U.S.A.: What is the Great American Invention?

Escape from Tenopia

*2. Trapped in the Sea Kingdom *3. Terror on Kabran *4. Star System Tenopia

Escape from the Kingdom of Frome

*2. The Forest of the King *3. The Caverns of Mornas *4. The Battle of Astar

Mystic Knights of Tir na Nog

*3. Water Around, Earth Below!

Your AMAZING Adventures

*1. The Castle of Doom *2. Island of Fear *3. Terror Under the Earth *4. The Dragonmaster *5. Revenge of the Dragonmaster *6. The Battle of the Dragons

References

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