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Item - The Dandee Diamond Mystery

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Series: Pick-a-Path — no. 1
Translated Into: El misteri del diamant dandi (Catalan)
El misterio del diamante Dandee (Spanish)
O misterio do diamante Dandi (Portuguese)
Authors: O'Connor, Jane
Milton, Joyce
Illustrator: Cagle, Daryl
Date: 1982
ISBN: 0590327429 / 9780590327428
Length: 56 pages
Number of Endings: 10
User Summary: You and some relatives compete to meet the challenge left in a rich uncle's will: to find the Dandee Diamond.
Demian's Thoughts:

Although the setup here is very familiar and the storyline lacks the consistency that I prefer in interactive works, this is a fairly good adventure for younger readers. Some of the choices are fairly interesting, the illustrations are appealing, and the layout is quite nice; the inclusion of a copy of the will, complete with sloppy handwriting, in the text was a cute touch, and other notes (and even a maze) add further visual excitement to the proceedings. Perhaps this is only a triumph of style over substance, but at least it's a triumph of something.

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