Water Beast

Boy Vs Beast: Battle of the Worlds #1

by Mac Park

An exciting mix of action and illustration for reluctant young readers

Kai Masters is a Border Guard, training to keep the world safe from Beasts. When his robot dog finds some fish bones and mysterious green slime on the beach, Kai has to fight a water beast. Should he choose the Torpedo Cross Bow or the Super-Zap-6?

Using an engaging combination of text and illustrations, the Boy vs Beast series blends computer game action with literacy and reading acquisition. Water Beast is the first book in the series, and is recommended for reluctant readers aged 6-10.

Genres: Fantasy

Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Jennifer Rayment · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jake's Review: This book was totally sic (old person note: this means cool, awesome etc) mom, can you pick me up some more of these. I loved it, there are all sorts of cool gadgets, a robotic dog and awesome monsters. It was really exciting and I didn't want to put it down. The robotic dog, BC, was super cool and I wish I had one. Other boys like me would like to read this since it is a really quick read with lots of pictures. I think even Brian, who hates to read, would actually liked it.

Jake's Rating:10/10


Mom's Review: Good book for reluctant male readers or even as a beginning chapter book for the younger but more sophisticated boy. If Jesse could read, he would probably like. I could not get into it, but it is not my thing and I am not the target audience. But hey if it interests reluctant readers and they read it, its all good. I do think it will appeal more to adventuresome boys and not so much to girls (I know its sexist). The big font, cool diagrams and funky illustrations (even a couple of comic looking pages) will really appeal to the intended audience. I know Jake will totally be bugging me to get more of the series.
Mom's Rating: 7/10


We received this from Scholastic in exchange for an honest review

[River · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay, definitely more for kids but it's enjoyable for everyone.

[Kastang 14 · Rating 2 out of 5]

i know it ain't good but come on mane

[Sean Harding · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really large print and widely spaced apart, with a proliferation of pictures and a very skinny and generic story make this a pretty weak opening to a series. Very brief, so at least it doesn't take a lot of time to read. An average reader could still have it done inside ten minutes, and that is at a slow pace.

[Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not very familiar with books for this age group, but this felt flat to me. Half of the book was an prologue, that was then repeated in the text. One strong part of this book was the double climax, though, which I think would be exciting to most young readers.

[Kai · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful book his name is Kai which is my name. I can`t wait to read the others

[Jai]

Cannot read wish I could if anyone has any I dead how I can plz let me know

[Jeremiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is about kai and bc