LifePaths

The choices you practice
become the choices you make

Interactive stories that put you in real-life situations. Peer pressure, bullying, relationships, substances. Every branch is a lesson. Every consequence teaches something no textbook can.

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"It's Friday night. Marcus hands you a red cup. Everyone's watching. Your best friend took one five minutes ago and seems fine. The music is loud. Someone across the room catches your eye and smiles. Marcus says, 'Come on, it's just one.'"

A

Take the drink

You fit in tonight, but what happens at school Monday? What if someone recorded it? What does your coach say when they find out? Turn to page 34.

B

Set the cup down

Marcus shrugs. But the person across the room walks over. "I don't drink either. Want to get out of here?" Sometimes saying no opens a better door. Turn to page 47.

What readers build

Life skills you can't learn from a lecture

Decision-Making

Practice weighing options and consequences in low-stakes fiction before facing them in high-stakes reality.

Empathy

Walk through scenarios from multiple perspectives. Understand why people make the choices they do.

Communication

Learn to say no, ask for help, set boundaries, and have hard conversations through realistic dialogue choices.

Consequential Thinking

See how one decision cascades into others. Build the mental model that every choice has a ripple effect.

Resilience

Not every path ends well. Learning to recover from bad outcomes in fiction builds real emotional strength.

Collaboration

Group reading modes let classrooms and families debate choices together, building teamwork and perspective-taking.

One format, infinite situations

Each topic becomes a standalone story with dozens of branching paths. Start with one, collect them all.

Peer Pressure Bullying Substance Use Relationships Online Safety Gang Recruitment Mental Health Family Conflict Identity & Self-Worth Money Decisions

Fiction that prepares you for the real thing

LifePaths takes the most beloved book format ever created and points it at the decisions that actually shape a young person's life. Not dragons. Not dungeons. The hallway, the party, the group chat, the moment someone says "come on, everyone's doing it."

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