This was a fun, STEM-centred choose-your-own-adventure story for kids that has a silly side while teaching kids about science and one of history's most famous scientists.
This interactive book features three intrepid kids who are testing hypotheses and making science-based decisions to battle a bevy of bad guys. Readers are given options of how the story will progress and if they pick the wrong answer (like I did), no worries! They can go back and pick another route! Through the story and illustrations, kids will learn about kinetic energy, density and more.
This book would be a great pick for stronger readers who won't struggle with the back and forth structure of this storytelling. It's a fun combination of science, time travel and a bit of history that is told in an approachable and adventurous way as readers tag along with a trio of kids who are out to save the world with only a Time Machine and their knowledge of history and science to help them.
Disclaimer: Thanks to the publisher for the complimentary advanced copy of this book which was given in exchange for my honest review.
My Rating: 4 stars
Authors: Chris Ferrie, Byrne LaGinestra,
Wade David Fairclough
Genre: Children, Choose Your Own Adventure, STEM
Type and Source: Hardcover from publisher
Publisher: Sourcebooks Explore
First Published: Sept 2, 2025
Read: August 29, 2025
Book Description from GoodReads: Battle the bad guys and save the world in this interactive science adventure for kids!
When you and your friends discover that the mysterious Novax corporation plans to use their new time machine to steal scientific discoveries of the past and use them for evil, you decide to race into the past to stop them. If you pick the right paths, you'll protect the future of science. But if you don't...there's no telling what could happen!
In this exciting and interactive adventure, readers will determine how their story unfolds, testing hypotheses by choosing the actions they will take. Proving their science knowledge will move them forward, while wrong choices will lead them to dead ends where they learn about more about each scientific concept before turning back to test a new hypothesis. In this engaging and interactive format, readers will learn the theory and even practice the applications of concepts like density, relative motion, acceleration, optics, kinetic and potential energy, and more.
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