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Pokemon Academy: Diamond and Pearl
It's back to school for Ash and Pikachu!
Ash, Dawn, Brock, and their Pokemon are attending a week-long Pokemon academy. It's an once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet other trainers and work with new Pokemon.
Ash can't wait to put his skills to the test! A Pokemon triathlon is just what he had in mind. But battling a spooky Ghost-type Pokemon is another story. . . .
64 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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March 20, 2020
Ｔｈｉｓ ｂｏｏｋ ｔｅｌｌｓ ｍｅ ｔｈａｔ Ｉ ｓｈｏｕｌｄｎ’ｔ ｆｅａｒ Ｇｈｏｓｔ ｔｙｐｅ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ． Ａｓｈ ｉｓ ｔｒａｉｎｉｎｇ ｔｏ ｂｅｃｏｍｅ ａ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ
ｍａｓｔｅｒ．Hｅ ｃｏｍｅｓ ｔｏ ｔｈｉｓ ａｃａｄｅｍｙ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｈｅ ｌｅａｒｎｓ ｔｏ ｌｏｖｅ ｎｅｗ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ．Ｉ ｌｏｖｅ ｔｈｉｓ ｂｏｏｋ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｉｔｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｕｓｉｎｇ ｎｅｗ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ．
ｍａｓｔｅｒ．Hｅ ｃｏｍｅｓ ｔｏ ｔｈｉｓ ａｃａｄｅｍｙ ｗｈｅｒｅ ｈｅ ｌｅａｒｎｓ ｔｏ ｌｏｖｅ ｎｅｗ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ．Ｉ ｌｏｖｅ ｔｈｉｓ ｂｏｏｋ ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ ｉｔｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｕｓｉｎｇ ｎｅｗ Ｐｏｋｅｍｏｎ．
July 2, 2023
Fun story of ghosts 👻 and a race. When the ghost story ends, it feels like the end. Then there is the race that took us a while to get back to finish the book.
April 4, 2024
Fun quick read. Ash and Angie are frenimies on the red team competing together against the other teams in Pokemon Academy. Oh there is a ghost problem too.
December 29, 2011
Really 2 1/2 stars, rounding up for popularity of the source material.
The endurance of the Pokemon series is truly remarkable, with games, cartoons and manga all having large followings. Pokemon chapter books have also existed, but rarely with the same degree of enthusiasm from readers. This new book is a good example of the difficulties in creating a chapter book out of this type of story.
The basic premise is simple, with Ash and Pikachu at what amounts to a training camp for Pokemon trainers. The story of their adventures in the camp is pretty straightforward, although some of the menaces are odd, even for Pokemon, with the camp apparently having been built next to a hole into the spirit world. As usual, teamwork and fair play win the day.
The problem comes from the frantic pace of the original material. Motivations and character development are generally secondary, which works in cartoons, but not as well on the printed page. Thus, most of the characters are defined by one or two characteristics, which never change, and that makes them feel unfinished in prose. Without the illustrations, you wouldn't be able to describe any of the characters.
For younger kids who really like Pokemon, this would be an okay read-to-me book. For early readers who can handle a short chapter book, it may also work. By third grade or so, kids will want the "real" Pokemon books instead, and devour the manga.
The endurance of the Pokemon series is truly remarkable, with games, cartoons and manga all having large followings. Pokemon chapter books have also existed, but rarely with the same degree of enthusiasm from readers. This new book is a good example of the difficulties in creating a chapter book out of this type of story.
The basic premise is simple, with Ash and Pikachu at what amounts to a training camp for Pokemon trainers. The story of their adventures in the camp is pretty straightforward, although some of the menaces are odd, even for Pokemon, with the camp apparently having been built next to a hole into the spirit world. As usual, teamwork and fair play win the day.
The problem comes from the frantic pace of the original material. Motivations and character development are generally secondary, which works in cartoons, but not as well on the printed page. Thus, most of the characters are defined by one or two characteristics, which never change, and that makes them feel unfinished in prose. Without the illustrations, you wouldn't be able to describe any of the characters.
For younger kids who really like Pokemon, this would be an okay read-to-me book. For early readers who can handle a short chapter book, it may also work. By third grade or so, kids will want the "real" Pokemon books instead, and devour the manga.
May 8, 2012
I love pokemon books.
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