Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones: Film Junior Novelizations #2

by Suzanne Weyn

The world's greatest adventurer is back!

When Indiana Jones finds himself in Shanghai on the wrong end of a deal gone bad, he barely escapes with his life. But he only makes it as far as India before trouble finds him once again. In a strange palace surrounded by dark rumors, Indy must uncover the truth--not to mention a few priceless artifacts.

Genres: Adventure, Fiction, Childrens, Chapter Books, Anthropology, School, Middle Grade

186 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Suzanne Weyn grew up in Williston Park, Long Island, New York. She has three sisters and a brother. As a girl, she was very interested in theatre and in reading. Louisa May Alcott was her favorite author, but she also read every Sherlock Holmes story. Suzanne lived pretty close to the ocean and going to Jones Beach was one of her favorite activities. Even today, if she goes too long without seeing the ocean, she starts feeling restless.

Suzanne now lives in upper New York State with her husband, two teen daughters and Abby the cat. Her house is at the edge of the woods and is nearly 200 years old. She graduated from State University of New York at Binghamton and received her master's degree from Pace University. She teaches part-time at City College in New York.

Suzanne's other books for Simon Pulse include South Beach Sizzle, a romantic comedy written with Diana Gonzalez. Her novels for the Simon Pulse line "Once Upon a Time" are The Night Dance: A Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, Water Song: A Retelling of the Frog Prince, and The Crimson Thread: A Retelling of Rumplestiltskin. She very much enjoys rethinking these classic tales from an original point of view, always looking for the real psychological underpinning of the story. Suzanne is currently doing revisions on her fourth book in the line, which will be coming in 2009.

Suzanne's other recent novels are include The Bar Code Tattoo (2004) and its sequel, The Bar Code Rebellion (2006). The Bar Code Tattoo was selected by the American Library Assoc. (ALA) as a 2005 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and was a 2007 Nevada Library nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction. It is currently translated into German and was nominated for the 2007 Jugenliteraturpreis for Young People's Literature.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't seen the movie so this was all new to me. Reading about "belts made of hands" and all that really made me think this movie was going to be R. They could probably have made this a much more brutal book but I was pleasantly surprised over what it was overall.

[Faith High School · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read by Will Lutz
This is a great book. The Indiana Jones series is a great read. It is very interesting series and I highly recommend this to anyone who doesn't know what to read.

[Layne Young-Farmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome.

[Shaila · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a little skeptical because this is a junior novelization, but it was well written with an impressive vocabulary and fast-moving action. Perfect for a reluctant reader.

[Brooke Grimes · Rating 4 out of 5]

The writing is a little hard to follow. But it is good. More interesting than Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Avery · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this in like, elementary school lol. It's a decent novelization of the movie from what I remember, but I don't have much else to say about it.

[Cara Ince · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book!

However, I am biased because I love anything Indiana Jones.

[Dharia Scarab · Rating 3 out of 5]

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

[Zacchaeus Chok · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perhaps the first novel i read.

[Jonathan Davison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is based on the second Indiana Jones film. He's a Professor and an archiologist. He first meets a Chinese Triad boss and makes a deal. He then drops in on some Indian village to retreave a sacred stone. He sees some horrific sights on the way. He rescues slaves from a mine to look for some sacred rocks. Lots of action and adventure. It's a story with some very nasty people in it for Indy to fight with.

[Aidan Ates]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom By Suzanne Weyn , i really liked this book because it had a lot of action in it and was much like the move. the main characters in the book were indiana Jones and his partner. the main conflict of this book was him having to find his way to get the stone he wanted. i would recommend this book to anyone that likes action or a story.i would recommend this to them for one reason im on of them and enjoyed riding this.

[Joycetho1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think that this was a pretty good book. It was very adventorous. It it about how Indiana Jones, Short Round,(Indiana's Assistant), and Willie(Singer) have to find a sacred stone, and bring the stone back to a poor village. They run into many horrible things on thier journey. I would reccomend this book to everyone.

[Ric · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've never really been a fan of this Indiana Jones story, but this was a good read in the fact that it skipped over the more gruesome parts of the original story. I couldn't have written a better version of the story.

[Anwar Casas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A junior novelization of the movie that highlights the main events because is focused for kids or youngs doesn't has too much depth in the characters, however if you are fan of Indiana Jones or the movies you will enjoy it and for someone's that reads it for fun won't be disappointed.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's basically just like the movie, but less detailed. It's not all that great.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got a few things wrong.Good book though.Enjoyed reading it.

[Eric Gittins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely Junior fiction. 186 pages of impossible feats by a super hero. Straight from the movie.I had a couple of hours to waste so I read it and so it is one more book I can say I have read.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same as the Raiders of the Lost Ark, recommended for 3rd to 5th grade, fans of the movie, especially reluctant readers.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this reguarly when younger.