Your Very Own Video Game

By Aevar Thor Benediktsson

A BOOK THAT WORKS LIKE A VIDEO GAME BECAUSE YOU DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS.

Your Very Own Video Game is a book! Just different from other books. Here you are the protagonist and in charge. You are sucked into a very dangerous video game and to get back home you have to fight an army of zombies, escape from man-eating plants, solve an unsolvable mystery, tame a dragon and win a national football match!

- Over 120 different ending
- Endings range from eternal happiness to imminent death.
- Adventurous fun for all kids.

Your Very Own Video Game is the sixth book in one of the most popular Icelandic book series in recent years, but the previous books have received numerous awards.

The cover and endpapers are made by Evana Kisa.

Publishing information

Year of publication

2019

Page count

400

Original title

Þinn eigin tölvuleikur

Original publisher

Forlagið

Book series

Your Very Own (Book 6)

About the author

Aevar Thor Benediktsson is an Icelandic actor and author of more than 30 books, most known for his bestselling Your Very Own Series, where the reader takes an active role in shaping the storyline. Benediktsson has won several awards for his books, including the Icelandic Children’s Book Award and The Bookseller’s Award. He is also an engaged promoter of reading and takes inspiration from the gaming world to attract young people to reading. For this, he has been nominated for the ALMA award twice and awarded by the Icelandic Ministry of Culture and Education. 

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