Puzzlooies! Welcome to Escape City - by Russell Ginns & Jonathan Maier (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Half chapter book. Half puzzle book. 100% hilarious!

Say goodbye to boring downtime and hello to Puzzlooies! These innovative books are packed with fun, each featuring a zany adventures peppered with eclectic puzzles. To reach the end, kids have to "solve the story" and save the day!

In Welcome to Escape City, Sophie is returning home with her middle school's checkers team after winning a national tournament. She should be celebrating like everyone else . . . if only anyone else noticed her. Relegated to the team "water captain," Sophie is invisible to her classmates. The only person who talks to her is Mac, the kind woman driving their bus. But when Mac makes a wrong turn, Sophie and the checkers team end up trapped in a strange place they've never seen before, called Escape City. Population: Who?

Solve the puzzles inside to read on and see if Sophie and her classmates can break free from a city-sized, real-life escape room.

About the Author

RUSSELL GINNS is a writer and game designer who specializes in puzzles, songs, and smart fun. He has worked on projects for a wide variety of organizations, corporations, and publications, including Sesame Workshop, Girl Scouts of America, Nintendo, and Scientific American. Russell lives and writes in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the Samantha Spinner book series, among others. To learn more about him, follow @rginns on Twitter.