Sokka, the Sword Master

Avatar: The Last Airbender Books

by Sherry Gerstein (Adapter), Tim Hedrick (Screenplay by), Patrick Spaziante (Illustrator)

#1 Sokka, the Sword Master: The adventures of Aang and his friends continue in Sokka, the Sword Master, the first of two brand-new Avatar Level 3 Ready-to-Reads! When Sokka feels bad that he is not a master of anything – unlike Aang the Avatar, Toph the Earthbender, and his own sister Katara the Waterbender – he decides to master the sword. Disguising himself as a member of the Fire Nation, Sokka convinces Piandao, the master Fire Nation swordsman, to teach him the art. Piandao puts him through a series of exercises in order to prove himself, and eventually, Sokka is deemed a worthy sword master. But when he suddenly confesses to being from the Water Tribe, an angry Piandao challenges him to a duel! Who will emerge the victor?  #2 Aang's School Days: In the second installment of the Avatar Ready-to-Read series, Aang and his friends are living in the Fire Nation, disguising themselves as natives in an attempt to blend in. Having visited the Fire Nation before, Aang is especially confident in his disguise – until he is mistaken for a school kid playing hooky. Aang is dragged off to a Fire Nation school – and he discovers that he actually likes it! But when his own beliefs clash with traditional customs, Aang finds himself in hot water. Can he help change the way things are done? Or will he just get himself into more trouble? Readers between the ages of 6 and 8 will strengthen their skills with these 32 page, Level 3 Ready-to-Reads, featuring full-color illustrations of their favorite Avatar characters.

Genres: Fantasy, Comics, Childrens, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels, Anime, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

Reviews

[ana maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's my goal to read all books that are from the Avatar The Last Airbender universe and they might all be for kids but, honestly, I'm enjoying them. The episode that goes with the book is season 3 episode 4, if you want to watch it. The book is pretty close to the episode so there wasn't anything new that I learned but I enjoyed seeing the artwork that went with the story. I feel like the expressions were more prominent and I really liked it since it was definitely different from the show.

[Nikhil Math]

Highly recommend not reading this if you have seen the series. It adds nothing to the story or to the lore.

[kuristina- tabreez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little book, a short but accurate retelling of the fourth episode from the third season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sokka's Master. This brings back some memories of times when I had to read these types of books out loud to practice my reading as a child, and also when I read these types of books out loud to younger kids. This is quaint, I really like it and highly recommend it to any younger reader who has shown any sort of interest in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Especially if they like Sokka, or feel like he's left out or doesn't do enough (but he totally has always been of big help! For more than just comedic relief~.)

I actually watched this episode for the first time this past summer. ^-^ I spent a while this summer watching ALL of Korra and ALL of Avatar. Some of it shared with my best friend too, and talked about as well~. I'm happy~.

[Tym · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book because Sokka was in desparate need of some character growth, it was getting to feel like he didn't belong in this adventure the way that the other two do. Aang is obviously the Avatar and Kitara is one hell of an amazing water-bender but Sokka seemed like he was just there for the laughs and it was beginning to work against him IMO. Then came along this story and Sokka finally had earned his place on the team. The adaptation was pretty standard, it could have done better at delving a little deeper into the Airbender world but nonetheless it did its job.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

megan winter reading 2016, children's book, leveled reader, easy reader, tv tie-in, avatar: the last air bender, sokka, first grade, second grade