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Escape Room
Christopher Edge
Word count: 38,000
Genre: science fiction/thriller
Age range: 9+
Debut: no, other Nosy Crow titles include The Many Worlds of Albie Bright,The Jamie Drake Equation,The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day and The Longest Night of Charlie Noon Illustrations: no
Series/standalone: standalone
Why did you acquire it?
I acquired it because it’s a fascinating, zeitgeisty idea that Chris explores brilliantly.
Synopsis
It’s the ultimate game and there’s only one aim: to save the world. Arriving at The Escape, twelve-year-old Ami
is greeted by the Host and introduced to four other children: Oscar, Ibrahim, Min and Adjoa.The Host informs them that they have been chosen to save the world.
This is a live action ‘escape game’ where they must work together to solve the clues and puzzles to discover the Answer before time runs out.With this cryptic instruc- tion ringing in their ears, the Host ushers them into the first of the rooms and then locks the door behind them.
This first room looks like an attic filled with ancient computer equipment.There doesn’t appear to be any way out apart from a locked trap door and the children
