Imagine opening a book and discovering you’re the main character. Even better—you get to choose the story’s twists and turns. Diving into a Choose-Your-Path book is a different experience, both for the reader and for the writer. Join local author Deb Mercier for a free, interactive presentation on building these unique reading adventures. She will be at Glenwood Public Library on Monday, May 22 at 5 p.m. and at Douglas County Library on Tuesday, May 23 at 6 p.m. Each session will run about 45 minutes with opportunity for audience participation and time for questions. Books will be available for purchase.

Mercier is the author of the Detective: You series as well as a contributing author to the Interactive Classic Literature series. Her latest titles were released May 9, 2023: The Captured Eagle (Detective: You) and Can You Survive 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Interactive Classic Literature). For more information, visit www.debwritesbooks.com.

About Detective: You

The Detective: You series takes the Choose Your Path book format to another level. Written for middle-graders, ages 8 to 13, these interactive mysteries cast readers as amateur sleuths who make choices that affect what happens next. Each book gives children an opportunity to make decisions that help them identify suspects, gather clues and use deductive reasoning to determine who’s guilty. Plus, challenging puzzles—such as mazes and secret codes—along the way, add to the books’ interactivity.

About Interactive Classic Literature

The Interactive Classic Literature series puts a new spin on classic literature. In these interactive adventures, readers become the main characters and make choices that affect what happens next. If correct choices are made, each story’s golden path leads to a fairy-tale finish.