The Game Changers

by Rutter, Helen | Interest age: from c 8 years
Published 04/06/2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 320 pages
196 x 130 x 23mm | 218g

Welcome to The Game - an exciting summer camp

where you will make new friends, build resilience and test your

limits! You will be put into a team of five with strangers, no screens,

no shortcuts. Everyone starts from scratch and has to make

friends and find a way to the finish line together.

Tig has been packed off to Game Camp to gain confidence, but is

immediately wary of the other team members: bossy and ultra-competitive

Maya, intense Joni, grumpy screen-addicted Frank and quiet,

sporty Jake. They are all so different: but must find a way to

work together. They embark on a series of physical and mental challenges,

with Tig (and therefore the reader) choosing the path.

When the team start noticing strange things happening around them

in the woods - ghostly noises, wild weather and suspicious-looking

Game Camp staff - they uncover a mystery to solve. Will you lead

the team to victory, or into chaos? And will they all find out

a lot about their true selves during the process...? You,

the reader, will make choices for the team throughout this story.

YOU are in charge of the Game!

An interactive book with multiple pathways for kids to follow

- Sliding Doors for a younger audience!

An empowering, highly engaging format and a cracking mystery

story all in one.

think THE CRYSTAL MAZE meets the challenges section of an episode

of THE TRAITORS!

Praise for The Boy with Big Decisions

'Funny, wise and warm.' Daily Mail

'A clever, thoughtful and totally original book.'

The Bookseller, Editor's Choice

'The enjoyable format has huge appeal and unexpected

value as it is thoughtful, empowering and wise as well as wryly

comic.' LoveReading

'Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson.' School

Reading List

'Inventive and thought-provoking, this clever 9+ take

on Choose Your Own Adventure books allows the reader to guide

Fred through thorny decisions about school, friendship and self-expression,

with eight different possible endings.' Guardian

'Fun, clever and interactive' The Week Junior,

Book of the Week

'Rollercoaster of a book' First News

Praise for The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

'This incredible debut tugs at your heartstrings and makes

you laugh out loud in equal measure. I guarantee you'll be cheering

along in the final pages!' Lisa

Thompson

'It's Wonder with one-liners.' Scott Evans, The

Reader Teacher

'As warm and wise as it is funny.' Shappi Khorsandi

'A laugh out loud story, the like of which I've never read

before.' Kerry Godliman

'This book is a great way of showing children how to be confident

and winners by having a sense of humour and making others

laugh.' Baroness Floella Benjamin

'This book is brilliant. It is funny, wise, kind and exciting.'

Marcus Brigstocke

'So funny and joyful.' Rachel Parris