Tornado Alley

Atama-ii Books: Tornado Alley

You are a writer. When a tornado hits, will you write the big news story...or will you become the news?

Today I read another Atama-ii book, Tornado Alley. It is No. 9 in the series. As with the other Atama-ii books, it is an interactive adventure, with eight different story paths. I read two story paths today. Because I had already read this book before and things had not ended well for me, it was my intention to play it safe, but I ended up dying on the first path, after worrying about a dog caught in a tornado. The second path I took wasn't very exciting, but I lived and made some money.

The language in these Atama-ii Books is very simple (A1+ on the CEFR scale), but the stories are all very interesting. The choices keep you awake and involve you in the story, but there are only two choices at each juncture, so making the choices is not difficult. I think most people usually read two or three story paths each time, so the books are suitable for re-reading two or three times. Doing so can help students increase their reading speed.

Ito, L. (2015). Tornado Alley. Tokyo, Japan: Atama-ii Books.