Talent Showdown

Pokemon Chapter Book #14

by Tracey West

When Ash discovers that his old rival, Gary, is competing in the Pokâemon Talent Show, Ash determines to enter and win, but Team Rocket has other plans for all the Pokâemon in the show.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2000

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Megan Green · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a read-aloud with my boys. A decent novel to keep kids engaged and it has a logical plot and good writing, which can be rare with books based on TV/movies.

[Barbi Faye (The Book Fae) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Against a juggling Exeggutor and a singing Charmander, Ash hasn't an act good enough for the talent show. Team Rocket lure Pikachu away with a magic flute, and after Pokebattling with them, Ash wins, saving all the Pokémon. Another in a set of chapter books of Pokémon.

[Justine]

Never get tired of doing the Team Rocket voices in read alouds with my son.

Gotta. Catch. em. all.

[J.B. Mathias · Rating 2 out of 5]

The overall Pokemon story is good, but I'm finding that the individual stories meant to fill a 22 minute episode are pretty weak. This is a perfect example of that, a random Pokemon talent show...who the hell cares. There's no stakes here in the main plot because I don't care if Ash and his friends win some stupid contest with no prize or stakes except bragging rights. It's just stupid premise I don't care about, plus team rocket lather rinse repeat.

[Brett McArdle-Navarrete · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute...I enjoy reading these with my son.

[Claire Wang · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s 😂 😆 😄 because Ash was the one who wanted to won ,but he latterly did nothing

[Vikram Kapoor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice cool

[Nicholas Jaamin Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess everyone's talent is singing. Not much to the plot or setting or storytelling in this one. At least Gary brings some character to the interactions.

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the most interesting part in this book was when snorlax clogged up the trapdoor. I never knew that people can't notice glue on their butts.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I def. Enjoy Pokemon games and these short stories are perfect for a nightly read aloud with my 6 year old. He enjoyed it and therefore, so did I!