Join Carmen Sandiego and decide where in the world to go next in this globe-trotting, daring caper! Help Carmen save wild animals of all kinds, especially the rare Amur tiger cub kidnapped from you by VILE. With twenty possible endings, your adventures can take you all over the world―or out of the game. Which will you choose? In this choose-your-own-caper story set in the world of Carmen Sandiego, you are a junior zookeeper caring for a rare newborn Amur tiger cub. VILE, in its latest plot, is stealing exotic animals to sell to a billionaire collector, and your charge is cub-napped! Carmen arrives and you decide the best way to get your cub back is to help her defeat VILE and rescue all the animals they’ve captured. Or do you? Twenty different endings to this story keep readers coming back for more adventures with Carmen Sandiego! VILE has your tiger cub, but Carmen Sandiego has your back. What will you decide? Choose Your Own Adventure: You are the hero! Every choice you make, from chasing thieves in a Vienna zoo to navigating the Brazilian jungle, shapes the story. - Multiple Endings: With twenty possible outcomes, you can play again and again. Will you save the animals, get captured by VILE, or even become a villain yourself? - Globe-Trotting Caper: Join Carmen on missions that will take you from the oldest zoo in Vienna to the remote islands of New Zealand in a race to stop VILE. - Animal Rescue Mission: Help save a kidnapped Amur tiger cub, a rare Cropan’s boa, a flightless kakapo, and more amazing creatures from VILE’s clutches. Vile Plot The mood was grim in the VILE faculty lounge. The five VILE instructors, leaders of the world’s most powerful criminal organization, were meeting to make their plans. Many of VILE’s recent schemes had been stopped by their former-student-turned-renegade-thief, Carmen Sandiego. They were looking for ways to make up lost profits.      “I’ve got a dandy of an opportunity,” said Coach Brunt, an enormously strong woman who spoke with a thick Texas drawl. “I am in contact with a very wealthy collector who has offered to pay a fortune for all the items on this list.” She slid a piece of paper down the table for the other instructors to see.      Professor Maelstrom picked up the list. He was a stern-looking man with pale skin and a voice that could send shivers up your spine. “Amur tiger, black-footed ferret, hawksbill turtle,” he read. “My dear Coach Brunt, is this a list of animals?”      “Not just any animals,” Brunt answered with a grin. “Every animal on this list is extremely rare or endangered—which means they’re worth a pile of money.”      “Disgusting,” said Countess Cleo, sticking her nose in the air. As always, she was perfectly dressed in the finest clothes and jewelry. “The only animal I’m interested in is mink.”      Dr. Saira Bellum picked up the list. “There are some fascinating creatures here,” she said, pushing her glasses up on her nose. “If we decide to move forward, I can arrange for their proper feeding and transportation.”      Shadowsan, a master ninja who never smiled, crossed his arms over his chest. “I was not aware that VILE had become a pet store,” he growled.      “Lighten up, Shadowsan,” said Brunt with a smile. “A great thief can steal anything. Doesn’t matter if it’s got fur and claws, so long as it makes us a fortune.”      “An excellent point,” said Maelstrom. “I propose a vote. All in favor of this operation, raise your hands.”      Brunt, Maelstrom, and Bellum raised their hands right away. More reluctantly, Cleo and Shadowsan followed. “Outstanding,” said Brunt. “Now, which animal shall we capture first?” Will VILE succeed in their plot to steal the world’s rarest animals? In this story, it’s up to you. Your choices will lead to one of twenty endings. ARE YOU READY? Turn the page. YOU ARE A ZOOKEEPER at the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria.      As you proudly tell visitors, Schönbrunn is the oldest zoo in the world. It was built in 1752 by Emperor Francis Stephen as a place to keep his collection of exotic birds, monkeys, and other creatures. In 1906, it was home to the first baby elephant ever born in a zoo. These days, the zoo keeps more than seven hundred kinds of animals, trying to give them all a generous habitat where they can live full lives, the way they would in the wild.      You love your job, although it’s a lot of hard work—feeding the animals, watching for signs of disease or discomfort, cleaning out their living areas. Today, you are looking after the zoo’s newest arrival, Nadezhda, a baby Amur tiger. Amur tigers are the largest type of tiger in the world, living mostly in the birch forests of eastern Russia. They are also an endangered species, with only about five hundred and forty alive in the wild. Nadezhda means “hope” in Russian, because with so few Amur tigers remaining, each one carries the hope of the species.      It’s late evening, and the Schönbrunn Zoo is closed to the public for the d