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Spin to Survive: Frozen Mountain

Decide your destiny with a pop-out fortune spinner

Emily Hawkins author Ruby Fresson illustrator

Format:Novelty book

Publisher:Quarto Publishing PLC

Published:2nd Nov '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Spin to Survive: Frozen Mountain cover

Shortlisted for Children's Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022

You are about to embark on a dangerous adventure. With this game in a book, use the pop-out Survival Spinner to learn your fate as you face peril after peril in a wild, rugged landscape.


You become lost in the mountains after an emergency landing. Among the snowy peaks, you are at risk from dangers including falling victim to hypothermia, being buried by an avalanche or stumbling into a deep crevasse. In your backpack, you have a sleeping bag, a thermal roll-mat, a bottle of water, a bag of nuts, waterproof matches, a pair of binoculars, a camera, a first aid kit and an old survival journal belonging to your grandfather.

As you confront each life-threatening challenge in this adventure-filled game book, place the Survival Spinner found inside the cover of the book on one of the circles on your current page, and spin. The place where the spinner points when it stops tells you if you have survived, are still living but injured or that you have perished, with a corresponding page number to turn to for each fate.

Throughout, you will learn about real-life survival techniques, including how to:

  • Make a snow shelter
  • Build a fire
  • Survive a bear attack
  • Treat a wound
  • Use the sun and moon to navigate
  • Cross a frozen lake
Harrowing tales of real-life wilderness survivors provide glimmers of hope as you deal with the consequences of your choices. One bad decision could lead to disaster…

Frozen Mountain is the debut book in the exhilarating Spin to Survive series. Discover real-life survival tips and stories as you navigate your own perilous journey through the wilderness guided by your decisions and the removable Survival Spinner.

Have you got what it takes to survive?

‘Embark on a mountain survival adventure in this dynamic game book which pairs choose-your-own-adventure with survival tips, stories and non-fiction facts. A pop-out fortune spinner provides added drama.’ -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
"A gripping reinvention of the ‘chose your own adventure format’ […] Truly immersive, pure escapism for the thrill-seeking, budding adventure.”.  * WRD About Books *

‘As each new challenge is revealed you can spin the wheel and find the relevant page to discover your fate which means you can use this book over and again for adventure after adventure!’ 

* Armadillo Magazine *

ISBN: 9780711255197

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

64 pages