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An infographical analysis of the structure of the Choose Your Own Adventure books series

Like many children of the 80s, I spent a significant proportion of my rainy afternoons in worlds conjured up by the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. My elementary school library kept a low, fairly unmaintained-looking shelf of them hidden in one of its back corners. Whether this non-marquee placement reflected the librarians’ intention to deemphasize the books in favor of ‘serious’ (children’s) literature I still haven’t worked out. * But it meant there was a place that I could retreat to and dive into unfamiliar plots and places without distraction. * The books’ omnipresence in librarie

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