You Choose Series

These award winning interactive historical novels let the reader make choices as they read. The events are real, but the characters they choose to be are fictional. Readers learn facts about the event, while having fun deciding what their character does next.

Awards Received by these and other You Choose books Elizabeth Raum has written.

Revolutionary War Spies. Capstone, 2016.

  • YALSA 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
  • Junior Library Guild Selection – Fall 2016.

Stealing Nazi Secrets. Capstone, 2016

  • YALSA 2017 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

Storms and Storm Chasing. Capstone, 2011.

  • Junior Library Guild – Spring 2012 selection.
  • Learning Magazine – 2013 Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Family
  • Pennsylvania School Librarians Association – February 1, 2014
  • Montgomery County (PA) Intermediate Unit 205 Reading Olympics – April 1, 2015

Boston Massacre.  (You Choose series). Capstone, 2009.

  • Learning Magazine: 2008 Winner, Teacher Choice Award for Children’s Book 
  • Association of Educational Publishers: 2008 Finalist, Distinguished Achievement      Award 2008
  • Pennsylvania School Librarians Association – 2008 Young Adult Top Forty Nonfiction       Title, May 1, 2009

German Americans: An Interactive History.  Capstone, 2008.

  • Learning Magazine: 2009 Winner, Teacher Choice Award for Chidlren’s Books

California Gold Rush: An Interactive History.  Capstone Press, 2008.

  • Learning Magazine: 2009 Winner, Teacher Choice Award for Chidlren’s Books
  • Association of Educational Publishers – 2008 Finalist, Distinguished Achievement     Award

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