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The Stowaway

Paperback
5-1/2"W x 8-1/4"H | 13 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Mar 10, 2026 | 208 Pages | 9781937133146
Age 8-12 years

From Griffin McElroy, co-author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series The Adventure Zone, comes a laugh-out-loud science fiction thrill ride you won't be able to put down.

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 farthest reaches of a war-torn galaxy, a military transport cruiser barrels toward a supermassive black hole. The crew has vanished. The security drones have gone haywire. And the ship has flown light years off-course. It falls to a single passenger to decide the fate of this doomed voyage: A stowaway tucked into a pocket of the ship’s hull. Unfortunately for the reader, YOU are that stowaway.

It’s your turn to sit at the table with your friendly neighborhood Game Master Griffin McElroy as he guides you down paths both hilarious and harrowing. Can you evade deadly robots, find the missing crew, and escape the ship before it reaches its final, fatal destination? Or will the Astral Order get you first?
Griffin McElroy is a prolific podcaster and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel series The Adventure Zone, which is based on a podcast he hosts. As if that particular snake hadn't eaten enough of its own tail, he's also the co-author of Everybody Has a Podcast Except You, a book about podcasts in which he shares over a decade of podcasting experience in book form. He's just books and podcasts, all the way down.
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About

From Griffin McElroy, co-author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series The Adventure Zone, comes a laugh-out-loud science fiction thrill ride you won't be able to put down.

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 farthest reaches of a war-torn galaxy, a military transport cruiser barrels toward a supermassive black hole. The crew has vanished. The security drones have gone haywire. And the ship has flown light years off-course. It falls to a single passenger to decide the fate of this doomed voyage: A stowaway tucked into a pocket of the ship’s hull. Unfortunately for the reader, YOU are that stowaway.

It’s your turn to sit at the table with your friendly neighborhood Game Master Griffin McElroy as he guides you down paths both hilarious and harrowing. Can you evade deadly robots, find the missing crew, and escape the ship before it reaches its final, fatal destination? Or will the Astral Order get you first?

Creators

Griffin McElroy is a prolific podcaster and co-author of the New York Times Bestselling graphic novel series The Adventure Zone, which is based on a podcast he hosts. As if that particular snake hadn't eaten enough of its own tail, he's also the co-author of Everybody Has a Podcast Except You, a book about podcasts in which he shares over a decade of podcasting experience in book form. He's just books and podcasts, all the way down.
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