Time Machine 21: Caravan to China

IT IS THE YEAR 1272.

You have traveled back to the empire of Kublai Khan.

You are in the middle of a desert sandstorm when your caravan is attacked by savage bandits. Suddenly, a masked figure reaches down and scoops you up onto the back of his camel.

Do you trust this unknown rider or do you break free and jump from the galloping animal? Your decision can lead you to safety or leave you stranded in time!

ARE YOU READY TO FACE THE DANGER?

The Time Machine series challenges young readers to use their imagination and decision-making skills to write their own story. Options in the text allow readers to choose any path they like within the plot. Readers must draw on background information about the period to make the right choices. This makes the series a great educational device for youngsters to learn about history and all the different cultures, events, and periods that shaped it.

CAROL GASKIN has written nine previous books for young readers, including the Forgotten Forest series. She is the author of Time Machine #13, Secret of the Royal Treasure, Time Traveler #2, The Legend of Hiawatha, Time Traveler #3, The First Settlers, and Explorer # 1, Journey to the Center of the Atom, and is the co-author of Time Machine #19, Death Mask of Poncho Villa. She lives in Sarasota, Florida.

JOSE’ GONZALEZ NAVAROO is a Spanish artist best known for his illustration of romance and mystery books. He began his career as a comic artist at the age of twenty and in the 1970s first gained recognition in the United States as the creator of the famous Vampirella series for Warren. He is the illustrator of Time Machine #12, Search for the Nile, Time Machine #16, Quest for the Cities of Gold, and Time Traveler #1, Voyage with Columbus.