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I loved these books and having one set in the future, kind of the Time Machine series'' version of a science fiction adventure, was a great thrill for me. -A ReviewerRadio signals have been detected from the rings of Saturn. Due to the pattern, scientists believe the signals will soon halt and resume in the year 2085. Your mission is to go into the future and find the source of the broadcast. You could be the first Earthling to meet an alien civilization. On the way you will visit many planets and meet many people of the future. Your decisions will change the future and decide if mankind makes contact with an alien life-form.

Your mission is to go back in time and discover the identity of the man who fired the first shot of the American revolution, and bring back his musket.From 1775 to 1781, the thirteen colonies on the North American continent fought a war of independence from England, then the mightiest power in the world.By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April''s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world.So begins Ralph Waldo Emerson?s famous poem ""Concord Hymn,"" sung at the dedication of the Battle Monument in 1837.Even then, the identity of the man who fired the first shot of the war, beginning the Battle of Lexington and Concord, in April 1775, was a mystery.The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it.

Your mission is to find the controversial diamond necklace that helped trigger the French Revolution.In 1785 France was ready to burst into the flames of revolution. That year a Church official, the cardinal de Rohan, ordered a diamond necklace to be made in the name of the queen, Marie Antoinette. The French people assumed that the necklace was another example of the queen''s extravagance. They were enraged.A scandal erupted. The queen denied any knowledge of the necklace. Eventually it was proven that the cardinal had actually intended all along to give the necklace to his court favorite, the comtesse de La Motte.The cardinal and the comtesse were punished for their trickery. Soon after, the angry French people revolted, and the necklace disappeared.You must travel back to eighteenth-century France to find the missing necklace and learn what role it played in the Revolution. But be careful. The era of the French Revolution was one of the most turbulent in history!The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it.