Trouble on Planet Earth

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The cover of the re-released Trouble on Planet Earth
The cover of the re-released Trouble on Planet Earth

Trouble on Planet Earth is a gamebook (a form of narrative, usually written in the second person, that allows the reader to participate in the story by choosing various narrative paths using numbered references) in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. It was written by R.A. Montgomery and was originally published in 1984 as the twenty-ninth book in the original Choose Your Own Adventure series, published by Bantam Books. It was republished in 2005 as part of the relaunched series of Choose Your Own Adventure Books, published by Chooseco. It is the tenth book in the republished series. The text was updated in the new version to reflect changes in technology since the book's original release.

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As is the custom for Choose Your Own Adventure, the story is told from the “You” perspective, placing the reader as the protagonist and giving them a new choice virtually every page until they reach end, at which point they have either succeeded or met some potentially terrible fate.

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WORLD CRISIS: the planet’s oil supply has been drained overnight. Your brother Ned and you are called upon to investigate this mystery. You are a highly successful detective team. You think very rationally and strategically, while Ned was born with something like a sixth sense. The search for the solution could take you all across the globe, and possibly even beyond…

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