Changes: My Journey Books

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BFSamanthaJourney — Samantha's My Journey Book, *The Lilac Tunnel.*

My Journey Books are a category of Historical Character/BeForever gamebooks that focus on a "choose-your-own-adventure" style of storytelling.

Details

Books are written in first person, in the style of a "choose your own adventure book." The unnamed protagonist in the book is female and mostly not described so as to leave the image vague.^[1] Generally, she has at least one personal problem or skill in her life that relates in some way to the Historical character's life--for example, the character in Julie's Journey book is dealing with adjusting to her parents living in separate locations and the worry they might divorce, is unsure of making new friends at a new school, and is also good at basketball like Julie.

The character encounters an item from the past--the charm shown on the cover of the book--that magically transports her to the character's era. At first she arrives and returns with surprise that the item takes her back in time, but then decides to return for an extended time out of curiosity. Soon after her return to the past time, she meets the historical character and they become friends quickly. The protagonist and the Historical Character spend the majority of the book together until the protagonist chooses to return to her own time.

During her interactions with the historical character and others, the protagonist's issue is often looked at in her mind, giving her a perspective she hadn't seen before. She also encounters social aspects of the past in the location that she hadn't realized (such as the protagonist of Addy's book encountering direct bigotry and prejudice) and she constantly thinks about her family, friends, and/or people from her own life as she interacts with the historical character and her world. While scary or worrying events may happen, none of the final endings are wholly negative or end too poorly, and the protagonist is always assumed to return back to her own present time without any resistance. She returns at the moment she left with a new perspective on her own life that is then applied to her problems and attitude about them.

All endings are available in the book, other than additional endings which are available online at BeForever Endings and are referenced in the book. If read as an e-book, clicking on internal links in the book take the reader to the online endings.

List of Journey Books

References

↑ A notable exception is the protagonist of A New Beginning where the character is explicitly African-American.

[1] A notable exception is the protagonist of A New Beginning where the character is explicitly African-American.

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 * '''[[Kaya'aton'my|Kaya]]:''' ''[[The Roar of the Falls: My Journey with Kaya]]''
 * '''[[Caroline Abbott]]:''' ''[[Catch the Wind: My Journey with Caroline]]''
-* '''[[Josefina Montoya]]''' ''[[Song of the Mockingbird: My Journey with Josefina]]''
+* '''[[Josefina Montoya]]:''' ''[[Song of the Mockingbird: My Journey with Josefina]]''
 * '''[[Addy Walker]]:''' ''[[A New Beginning: My Journey with Addy]]''
 * '''[[Samantha Parkington]]:''' ''[[The Lilac Tunnel: My Journey with Samantha]]''