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Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall (Choose Your Own Adventure New Classics)

Jendia Gammon (2026-04-21)

Subgenre
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age9

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Body HorrorKidnapping

Synopsis

Delve into the gnarly guts of a long-dead mall in this gloriously weird and whacked-out romp, where friendship, 80s music, and food court slushies are your weapons of choice against spandexed supernatural creeps. Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-are back and as much fun as you remember. Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading. In the late 80s, a toxic spill rendered your local mall too hazardous to occupy--or at least, that's what your parents told you. In reality, the spill was the work of Vaaldrant, a warlock from another dimension who's been transforming mall employees into horrifying supernatural creatures ever since. You and your friends decide to film a video for your vlog channel, but when you meet up at the entrance, you find that your friend Drea is missing! Will you delve into the depths of the mall to rescue Drea from Vaaldrant? Or will his team of mutant mall workers get you first? With all the gooey gross-out chaos of a classic Nickelodeon game show and the high-stakes magical mayhem of a first-class Dungeons and Dragons game, this poltergeist-packed page-turner will keep readers coming back again and again until they've found every good - or gristly - end!!

Is Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall (Choose Your Own Adventure New Classics) appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 9 and up.

Kids choose their own path through a 1980s haunted mall adventure to rescue a missing friend from a warlock and mutant employees. Contains mild peril, body horror transformation elements, and comedic gross-out moments in the Nickelodeon tradition.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include kidnapping and body horror.

Who'll love this

You get to make all the choices as you and your friends explore a creepy abandoned mall full of supernatural creatures and save your missing friend.

Tags

Interactive FictionGamebookHorror ComedyRetro