Chooseco, publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure® (CYOA) gamebooks, the fourth bestselling children’s book series of all time, has announced the release of “The Dregg Disaster: An Algebra I Gamebook.” The Dregg Disaster is also the authorial debut of middle-grade math teacher Chris Matthews. The Dregg Disaster is a fast-paced crime caper centered around finding the notorious but elusive Levi Dregg, founder of the Dregg corporation. It reads as a regular CYOA, but with a catch: readers must solve algebra equations to get to the next page in their story. Dregg includes dozens of choices and twenty endings and features giant rats, laser robots, runaway forklifts, and bars of stolen gold.
First-time author Chris Matthews struggled to find a fun math workbook to engage his students. “As a math teacher, I search for ways to bring rigorous math to my students with excitement and humor. I never found a book that matched that energy, so I wrote one myself!” Matthews commented.
