Author: Edge, Christopher

Science fiction (Children’s / Teenage)

Published on 3 February 2022 by Nosy Crow Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Escape Room’ series.

Paperback | 208 pages
197 x 128 x 17 | 198g

The latest mind-blowing novel from award-winning author Christopher Edge, Escape Room is a thrilling adventure that challenges readers to think about what they’ve done to save the world today.

When twelve-year-old Ami arrives at The Escape, she thinks it’s just a game – the ultimate escape room with puzzles and challenges to beat before time runs out. Meeting her teammates, Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns from the Host that they have been chosen to save the world and they must work together to find the Answer. But as he locks them inside the first room, they quickly realise this is no ordinary game.

From a cavernous library of dust to an ancient Mayan tomb, a deserted shopping mall stalked by extinct animals to the command module of a spaceship heading to Mars, the perils of The Escape seem endless. Can Ami and her friends find the Answer before it’s too late?With cover illustration by David Dean.

‘A writer of genuine originality’ – GuardianCheck out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:The Many Worlds of Albie BrightThe Jamie Drake EquationThe Infinite Lives of Maisie DayThe Longest Night of Charlie Noon