I got some pretty exciting news in my email that I thought I’d share with my fabulous readers here on the blog. It’s about a new interactive story called Root.
Guardian Teen Books has partnered with Random House for a new interactive, serialised story called Root – a fast-paced thriller set in the shadowy world of computer hacking and espionage. Every weekday for six weeks a new chapter will be released on guardian.co.uk/teen-books. The content will be directly influenced by readers’ contributions, such as their ideas for characters’ personalities and skills.
The heroine Molly Root is a 15 year old computer genius whose friend Danny is killed after being caught stealing priceless data from a ruthless global corporation. Now she’s in over her head. So far Molly Root’s mission to get to the bottom of her best friend’s murder has taken her on a perilous trail across London. Her key lead is a dodgy police detective – and her attempts to expose his shady contacts are testing her ingenuity to the limits.
As well as incorporating suggestions from readers, the story will also be brought to life via several social media platforms. For example, Guardian Teen Books’ Twitter and Facebook accounts will be providing behind the scenes updates of how Molly is progressing, along with clips on Audioboo featuring the voicemails that Molly has discovered. This will be accompanied by onsite quizzes and photo puzzles on Flickr.
They’ve already started so if you want to catch up, you can visit the site here. It looks like a very interesting way to tell a story, I’m still trying to catch up myself so I’ll let you know how it is later on.
..and that’s your scoop!
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