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Wreck-It Ralph: The Junior Novelization
Disney's Wreck-It Ralph is a computer-animated feature film about a video game villain who wants nothing more than to be the good guy for a change. But when Ralph finally gets his chance, he discovers that being the hero isn't as easy as it looks. Soon the entire video game world is at stake, and if Ralph doesn't play to win, it could mean "Game Over" for every game in the arcade! This Junior Novelization retells the whole action-packed story for readers ages 8-12 and features eight pages of full-color scenes from the movie.
128 pages, Paperback
Published September 18, 2012
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December 20, 2014
To start off, don't get my rating wrong. I am a die-hard WiR fan. I'm writing a fanfiction for it (read it here! https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...). I know pretty much every aspect of WiR.
Which may be why this junior novelization of the story disappointed me.
They changed it. Not the whole story, but the adapter skipped some key lines, such as when Felix was talking to Q*Bert and he exclaimed, "Ralph's gone Turbo?!" Instead, they put, "Ralph's gone to Hero's Duty!", which is what he said in the trailer, but not the actual movie. That's just one example of many.
Another thing was leaving out some characters' names. There may have been copyright issues if they had left them in, but seriously? They were allowed to use them in the movie! They didn't call Zangief, Q*Bert, or Clyde by their names, they just kind of described them. Nor did they mention PACMAN by name. They just said that the game that Bad-Anon was held in had fruit, and as Ralph was leaving he didn't want the snacks to go to waste. Grr.
Also, there wasn't a whole lot of feeling put into the writing. This may sound like boasting, but I think I could've written a better adaptation. I didn't feel like it took me back to the movie. It was almost just words on a page, not characters in my mind.
Oh, but the thing that bugged me the most was this:
You know the key scenes with Calhoun and Felix, such as when Calhoun was punching Felix to get the Laffy Taffy vines to laugh their way down to get them out of the Nesquik Sand, and also the scene where Felix called Calhoun a "dynamite gal" and Calhoun reacted from her memories? They totally changed those scenes. I know this is the junior novelization, but seriously, the movie was rated only PG. Instead, they had Calhoun and Felix have a tickle fight in the Nesquik Sand, and in place of the "dynamite gal" memories scene, they just had Felix being awkwardly forward. It just didn't cut it. And I didn't feel any chemistry between the two. AND they made it so that their first kiss was in Fix-It Felix, Jr., and not Sugar Rush. OH MY LAND, SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?! GAAH!
It would have been three stars had it not been for the WiR factor. Anyhoo, I think that's about it.
Oh, and somebody told me that they thought the movie was "boring" and a "waste of time". I was like
Which may be why this junior novelization of the story disappointed me.
They changed it. Not the whole story, but the adapter skipped some key lines, such as when Felix was talking to Q*Bert and he exclaimed, "Ralph's gone Turbo?!" Instead, they put, "Ralph's gone to Hero's Duty!", which is what he said in the trailer, but not the actual movie. That's just one example of many.
Another thing was leaving out some characters' names. There may have been copyright issues if they had left them in, but seriously? They were allowed to use them in the movie! They didn't call Zangief, Q*Bert, or Clyde by their names, they just kind of described them. Nor did they mention PACMAN by name. They just said that the game that Bad-Anon was held in had fruit, and as Ralph was leaving he didn't want the snacks to go to waste. Grr.
Also, there wasn't a whole lot of feeling put into the writing. This may sound like boasting, but I think I could've written a better adaptation. I didn't feel like it took me back to the movie. It was almost just words on a page, not characters in my mind.
Oh, but the thing that bugged me the most was this:
You know the key scenes with Calhoun and Felix, such as when Calhoun was punching Felix to get the Laffy Taffy vines to laugh their way down to get them out of the Nesquik Sand, and also the scene where Felix called Calhoun a "dynamite gal" and Calhoun reacted from her memories? They totally changed those scenes. I know this is the junior novelization, but seriously, the movie was rated only PG. Instead, they had Calhoun and Felix have a tickle fight in the Nesquik Sand, and in place of the "dynamite gal" memories scene, they just had Felix being awkwardly forward. It just didn't cut it. And I didn't feel any chemistry between the two. AND they made it so that their first kiss was in Fix-It Felix, Jr., and not Sugar Rush. OH MY LAND, SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?! GAAH!
It would have been three stars had it not been for the WiR factor. Anyhoo, I think that's about it.
Oh, and somebody told me that they thought the movie was "boring" and a "waste of time". I was like
June 1, 2021
3.5 stars
January 13, 2013
This book is just like the movie.
January 20, 2013
Si bien tiene el mismo tema base de la película, hay muchas cosas que son distintas. Una historia bonita, se lee een un día, sobre todo porque me gustan los personajes.
January 14, 2014
super cute just like the movie such an easy read
May 2, 2014
great book to get little boys reading.
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December 30, 2014
Read this with my seven year old and she loved it!
February 5, 2015
i love this movie so much. my mom says its depressing but i don't think so.
September 22, 2015
I Loved the book and the Movie!
July 2, 2025
My Slightly Sarcastic But Ultimately Honest Book Rating System:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 Stars): This book achieved legendary status in my personal library. I will likely reread it until the pages fall out (or my e-reader spontaneously combusts). Consider this my enthusiastic endorsement – you should probably read it unless you actively dislike joy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 Stars): A truly excellent read! I enjoyed it immensely and would heartily recommend it to fellow bookworms. You might even catch me subtly pushing it into their hands.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 Stars): Yep, it was a book I read. I turned the pages, absorbed the words, and emerged...unchanged. It was a pleasant enough journey, like a scenic detour that you wouldn't necessarily take again, but didn't regret.
⭐️⭐️ (2 Stars): This book existed. I finished it. That's about the highest praise I can offer. If you're looking for something truly captivating, maybe keep scrolling. This one's more of a "it filled the silence" kind of experience.
⭐️ (1 Star): Oh dear. This book and I did not get along. It was a literary tumbleweed in the vast desert of good books. Consider this a strong "do not recommend," unless you're conducting research on what not to do in storytelling.
Disclaimer: My enjoyment of the narrator is based on my listening speed. I only leave 5 stars for books I've read/listened to or will read/listen to multiple times. If you like this review please consider giving it a Helpful Vote below.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 Stars): This book achieved legendary status in my personal library. I will likely reread it until the pages fall out (or my e-reader spontaneously combusts). Consider this my enthusiastic endorsement – you should probably read it unless you actively dislike joy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 Stars): A truly excellent read! I enjoyed it immensely and would heartily recommend it to fellow bookworms. You might even catch me subtly pushing it into their hands.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 Stars): Yep, it was a book I read. I turned the pages, absorbed the words, and emerged...unchanged. It was a pleasant enough journey, like a scenic detour that you wouldn't necessarily take again, but didn't regret.
⭐️⭐️ (2 Stars): This book existed. I finished it. That's about the highest praise I can offer. If you're looking for something truly captivating, maybe keep scrolling. This one's more of a "it filled the silence" kind of experience.
⭐️ (1 Star): Oh dear. This book and I did not get along. It was a literary tumbleweed in the vast desert of good books. Consider this a strong "do not recommend," unless you're conducting research on what not to do in storytelling.
Disclaimer: My enjoyment of the narrator is based on my listening speed. I only leave 5 stars for books I've read/listened to or will read/listen to multiple times. If you like this review please consider giving it a Helpful Vote below.
July 19, 2018
I enjoy the Disney/Pixar novelizations, even though I’m an adult, and have no kids to use as an excuse for buying and reading them.
I’m just not 100% sure that this works as a novelization. I’ve never been much of a gamer and have spent very little time in an arcade, apart from when I’ve been on holiday. I think the book and movie work better if you’re a gamer, and can recognise all the little quirks and nods to other games. I don’t think the games described in the book come across quite as well, as they do on screen and it’s probably not a book you would read without having seen the film first (although why would you?)
The thing about the novelizations is that they still leave you with that warm fuzzy feeling as they do with the film. I own and have read a few now (Zootropolis, Brave, Tangled, The Princess & The Frog, Frozen) and a couple have also been written by this same author, Irene Trimble.
This is well worth buying and reading, especially if you have kids who love the film as well, and a good addition to my novelizations shelf. I just don’t think the game descriptions translate as well.
I’m just not 100% sure that this works as a novelization. I’ve never been much of a gamer and have spent very little time in an arcade, apart from when I’ve been on holiday. I think the book and movie work better if you’re a gamer, and can recognise all the little quirks and nods to other games. I don’t think the games described in the book come across quite as well, as they do on screen and it’s probably not a book you would read without having seen the film first (although why would you?)
The thing about the novelizations is that they still leave you with that warm fuzzy feeling as they do with the film. I own and have read a few now (Zootropolis, Brave, Tangled, The Princess & The Frog, Frozen) and a couple have also been written by this same author, Irene Trimble.
This is well worth buying and reading, especially if you have kids who love the film as well, and a good addition to my novelizations shelf. I just don’t think the game descriptions translate as well.
December 31, 2018
Our niece loves it and it's very cute.
May 18, 2020
In excellent story-telling fashion we learn about being bad and good and how good it can be to be bad. It is a story of friendship as sweet as Sugar Rush.
December 9, 2013
Wreck-it Ralph is a Disney story. Ralph is a bad guy in the video game. But loathe the game's villain character. And his hope is stop being a villain. The staff closes at night, the various video game characters leave their normal in-game roles and are free to travel to other games through the power cables. He learns he can find one in the first person rail shooter Hero's Duty and enters the game, collecting the medal between game sessions. In the process, he accidentally hatches a Cy-Bug, one of the game's enemies. The Cy-Bug clings to Ralph as he stumbles into an escape pod that launches him out of the game. Meanwhile, with Ralph missing, Fix-It Felix, Jr. to arcade staff as malfunctioning. Broken games will be unplugged, leaving their characters homeless, so Felix leaves to find Ralph. Then, Ralph crash-lands in Sugar Rush, a candy themed kart-racing game.
As he searches for his medal, he meets Vanellope von Schweetz, a glitchy character who takes the medal and uses it to buy entry into a race that determines the game's roster. The other racers, including the game's ruler King Candy, do not let Vanellope to participate, claiming she was never intended to be part of the game. And she begged Ralph to help her to built a kart, teach her how to drive and she will give the medal back to Ralph when she won the race. After that, Felix enters Hero's Duty and encounters Sergeant Calhoun, the game's no-nonsense leader, who warns that Cy-Bugs will destroy any game they enter. Calhoun finds an enormous clutch of Cy-Bug eggs underground, and Felix becomes imprisoned in King Candy's castle. Desperate, King Candy hacks the game's code to retrieve Ralph's medal and offers it to Ralph, falsely claiming that letting Vanellope race would be disastrous for both her and the game. Because of Vanellope's safety, Ralph wrecks her kart and returns to his own game, but finds everyone has fled, expecting the game to be unplugged in the morning. With the race ongoing, the Cy-Bugs attack. Vanellope escapes from Turbo, who is consumed by a Cy-Bug. Calhoun remarks that the game cannot be saved without a beacon to attract and kill the Cy-Bugs. Ralph heads to Diet Cola Mountain, an unfinished game track, where he plans on collapsing its Mentos stalactites into its cola pool to cause a blinding eruption to use as a beacon. Before he can finish, Turbo, merged with the Cy-Bug that had consumed him, carries Ralph into the sky. Ralph breaks free and dives toward the mountain, intending to sacrifice himself to start the eruption on impact. Vanellope uses her glitching to save Ralph, and the eruption draws Turbo and the Cy-Bugs to their destruction. Vanellope crosses the finish line, restoring her memory and status as Princess Vanellope, the game's ruler and lead character. Felix and Ralph return to their game in time to save it from being unplugged. Calhoun and Felix marry, and the characters of Fix-It Felix, Jr. gain a new respect for Ralph.
As he searches for his medal, he meets Vanellope von Schweetz, a glitchy character who takes the medal and uses it to buy entry into a race that determines the game's roster. The other racers, including the game's ruler King Candy, do not let Vanellope to participate, claiming she was never intended to be part of the game. And she begged Ralph to help her to built a kart, teach her how to drive and she will give the medal back to Ralph when she won the race. After that, Felix enters Hero's Duty and encounters Sergeant Calhoun, the game's no-nonsense leader, who warns that Cy-Bugs will destroy any game they enter. Calhoun finds an enormous clutch of Cy-Bug eggs underground, and Felix becomes imprisoned in King Candy's castle. Desperate, King Candy hacks the game's code to retrieve Ralph's medal and offers it to Ralph, falsely claiming that letting Vanellope race would be disastrous for both her and the game. Because of Vanellope's safety, Ralph wrecks her kart and returns to his own game, but finds everyone has fled, expecting the game to be unplugged in the morning. With the race ongoing, the Cy-Bugs attack. Vanellope escapes from Turbo, who is consumed by a Cy-Bug. Calhoun remarks that the game cannot be saved without a beacon to attract and kill the Cy-Bugs. Ralph heads to Diet Cola Mountain, an unfinished game track, where he plans on collapsing its Mentos stalactites into its cola pool to cause a blinding eruption to use as a beacon. Before he can finish, Turbo, merged with the Cy-Bug that had consumed him, carries Ralph into the sky. Ralph breaks free and dives toward the mountain, intending to sacrifice himself to start the eruption on impact. Vanellope uses her glitching to save Ralph, and the eruption draws Turbo and the Cy-Bugs to their destruction. Vanellope crosses the finish line, restoring her memory and status as Princess Vanellope, the game's ruler and lead character. Felix and Ralph return to their game in time to save it from being unplugged. Calhoun and Felix marry, and the characters of Fix-It Felix, Jr. gain a new respect for Ralph.
March 16, 2013
This is a good book for a little boy who is into video games. This book is about a misunderstood bad guy who does not want to be the bad guy, so he ends up moving around to other games.
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August 19, 2015
This is very, very different from the movie. I mean, the other junior novelizations of movies which I've read aren't as different as this one was.
Or maybe that's just me. I don't know.
Anyway, 3 STARS
Or maybe that's just me. I don't know.
Anyway, 3 STARS
December 7, 2012
a good book based on a movie
April 12, 2013
Pretty much follows the movie...word for word. But, the kids loved it...it was like watching the movie again! :)
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