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Escape from the Castle

Name: Escape from the Castle
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781835408605
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By Sam Smith

Series: Escape Puzzle Books

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Escape from the Castle by Sam Smith is a castle-themed activity book filled with word, picture, number, and logic puzzles to solve. Can you escape the clutches of the mysterious castle? If you accept your quest, a noble adventure awaits within this activity book's puzzle-packed pages.... Read More

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Description

Escape from the Castle by Sam Smith is a castle-themed activity book filled with word, picture, number, and logic puzzles to solve.

Can you escape the clutches of the mysterious castle? If you accept your quest, a noble adventure awaits within this activity book's puzzle-packed pages. You'll need to summon all your wits and courage to outsmart menacing knights and dangerous dragons, as you creep across shadowy courtyards, delve through dark dungeons, and investigate wizard's watchtowers.

Each room has a puzzle that must be solved before you can pass through: crack fiendish codes, spot hidden objects, unlock trapdoors, take on tricky memory challenges, and more...

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Escape from the Castle

Escape from the Castle by Sam Smith is a castle-themed activity book filled with word, picture, number, and logic puzzles to solve. Can you escape the clutches of the mysterious castle? If you accept your quest, a noble adventure awaits within this activity book's puzzle-packed pages. You'll need to summon all your wits and courage to outsmart menacing knights and...

By Sam Smith

Hardback

$14⁹⁹

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Out 2 Mar 2027

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835408605

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 February 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Jared MacPherson

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 221.0mm

Height: 281.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 48

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About the Author

Sam grew up in Buckinghamshire, falling off various bicycles before reading books and making up his own stories about more competent heroes. After studying English at Cambridge University, he joined Usborne in 2013, and now writes titles ranging from fold-out solar systems to maze books full of swashbuckling pirates. Sometimes, Sam cycles to work.

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