Escape Room Quest: Escape the Video Game!

Bring the excitement of an escape room into your own home, with this ingenious hardback puzzle book!

You're having an awesome time browsing Enigma Arcade's closing-down sale, and it's not long before one retro game in particular catches your eye. As soon as you hit play, you are pulled into the most unforgettable gaming experience of your life! So power up, solve the clues, and battle your way through each level.

Can you beat the Game Master and get back to reality before it's game over?

• This book's branching narrative puts YOU in the driving seat. Once you have found the solution to a puzzle, turn to the next entry as clearly indicated in the text.

• Use your observation, lateral thinking, and logic skills to uncover clues and solve mysteries.
The beautifully detailed illustrations are packed with information, so keep your eyes peeled!

• If you get a puzzle wrong, you'll lose a life in the game. Select beginner level for five lives, intermediate level for four lives, or expert level for three lives. If you lose all your lives, go back to the beginning. Good luck!

Inspired by the popular escape room trend, this delightfully illustrated, interactive book is great fun for children aged 8+.

Em Bruce is a children's writer and editor based in Sydney, Australia. She is the author of over 50 published fiction and non-fiction titles, including puzzle books, activity books, board books, fairy tale retellings and picture books. Her rhyming Indigenous Discovery series won the Primary Teaching Resource award at the Educational Publishing Awards Australia in 2022, and the 'Australian Animals' title from this series was named a CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Notable book in 2023.

Helder Oliveira is a self-taught illustrator from the Amazonian region of Brazil. Helder finds inspiration in myths, history, and nature. All his work is made digitally, yet he keeps a secret sketchbook for ideas.