South of the Border

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles #2

by Richard Brightfield, Frank Bolle (Illustrator)

Now a teenager, Indiana Jones travels with his cousin Frank to the U.S.-Mexico border, where he becomes involved in the Mexican Revolution and meets Pancho Villa, General Pershing, and George S. Patton. Original.

Genres: Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Adventure, Childrens

113 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1992

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Choose Your Own Adventure novel, this one featuring the teenage Indiana Jones. You get involved in the Mexican Revolution, meet people like Pancho Villa, and try not to get yourself killed.

Pretty good for what it is.

[Kevin Findley · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, since I'm goofing off today for the most part, I decided to read and review the second Young Indy book I recently picked up. This one centers around a teenage Indiana, so the action is a little more intense. I also saw the episode this is based off, so that helped as well.

The choices were a little more interesting than in the first book, and the historical figures Indy ran into were fleshed out a bit better as well. Also, this is where Indy meets his friend Remy who becomes rather important to the TV series and (I'm guessing) further books in this series as well.

Our young hero learns some important lessons, of course, but it does not take away from the enjoyment. As I mentioned with the first book, this is probably not a good bedtime story, but would be good for a young person already interested in reading.

Find it. Buy it. Read it!

[Alexia · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book felt kiiiiiinda racist lmao. Also not that many choices? I read every path pretty quickly.
you ditch your cousin Frank pretty early on in the two main paths. It’s kinda funny bc in one path you say goodbye but in the other he just disappears. No idea what happens to him! Ostensibly he believes poor Indy got murdered by revolutionaries…sad

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This second entry in the Young Indiana Jones Choose Your Own Adventure series is a bit better than the first. Frank Bolle once again contributes some impressive illustrations to the story, and Richard Brightfield certainly knows how to write well. As in the first book, South of the Border has a distinctly young-adult feel, which makes sense seeing as "You" are now sixteen years old.

This is an okay story, but some readers might find it a bit dry without more decisions inserted into the text. It definitely has some historically interesting points, however. I would give one and a half stars to South of the Border.

[Not_Your_Typical_Lannister (Leslie) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This type of a book is a blast from the past.