Kai, Ninja of Fire

Ninjago Chapter Books #1

by Greg Farshtey

Will Kai be the greatest warrior ever known? Maybe, if he ever listens to Sensei Wu long enough to complete his training. He's stubborn, he's reckless, and he might just save the world.

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books, Fantasy, Adventure

80 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Greg Farshtey is the author of the popular BIONICLE chapter books and Level 3 readers, as well as the long-running BIONICLE comic book series. His day job is Editor-in-Chief and head writer for the LEGO Club Magazine and the LEGO BrickMaster Magazine.

Greg has been writing since fourth grade. After earning a degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo, he worked as a reporter, sports editor, game designer and editor, and copywriter before joining LEGO Company in 2000. Before becoming involved with BIONICLE, he wrote game material for such diverse properties as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Tales From the Crypt.

Greg is the author of more than 30 novels and guidebooks, as well as the author or co-author of more than 35 game sourcebooks and adventures.

He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Far...

Reviews

[Louis Knecht · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that “Kai: Ninja of Fire” was a well thought out book. It had a lot of adventure and was exciting to read. Overall, I thought it was a good book but an easy read.

In the plot many interesting things happened to the main character Kai and his friend Zane. Kai’s dad was a blacksmith and Kai was his young apprentice. Kai’s dad died, so Kai’s only family was his sister, but she was captured by Skeleton warriors. Sensei Wu found Kai and started to teach him about Spinjitzu so it would help him rescue his sister. Zane did not know where he came from all he could remember was waking up in a village where the villagers took him in as family. During the story Kai and Zane went back to Zane’s village to see if they could find any clues about Zane’s past. The skeletons thought they were going to the village to find treasure so they kidnapped all of the villagers. Kai and Zane rescued the villagers and sent the Skeletons back to the underworld.

I thought this book was a good read for 7-12 year old males. It is an easy read and I think males will like it more because it has action.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, quick book. I love the show so far and my local library has these e-books so I jumped on reading them. What I like best isthat they aren't just episode rehashes, but new stories that add on to what is seen in the show. This is not an episode, but a between story that builds upon the two main ninjas in it. It allows the reader a deeper look into the title character. While it isn't long, it is fun. It isn't the deepest or most detailed book, but for its target audience it does a good job!

[Diego · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kai : Ninja of Fire , by Greg farshtey .the book is okay but I am not connect to much because i don't know what is a ninja .I read Kai : This book talks about two guys ninja an a guy name is Kai, Kai lives in a small village where few people live but still are very hard-working they are always working the village is very withdrawn is to far from cities while his father works outside the village kai practice to be a ninja, Kai has a sister her name is Nya she also is learning to be a ninja .Kai is the ninja of fire and Zane his friend is the ninja of ice then they are of different types of ninja fire and ice.

I liked the book is good but the truth almost didn't have much connection with the because it talks about fights ninjas and the truth that almost does not go with me if I would say that there was not much connection.

brother said it is worth working hard for what they really want to have and if as Kai is practicing the journal knows what he wants .

The story is based on a real life where some people live in small towns far from the cities, where there are some guys that they love fighting , Kai his friend of his father is a master of ninja then dad of Kai asks that if you can teach to Kai and his daughter how to fight and the teacher The book gives to understand that when you want something and you don't like to do nothing else really matters only what matters is to fight and work hard for what you want to really, as my accepts teach them .

I liked the book because it showed me how to do my tasks such as organizing my life as a student how to do the tasks and where are the places where nobody bother you so that you can stay focused on what you're doing because there are times when some students do not care about their tasks that are very important

My brother said it is worth working hard for what they really want to have and if as Kai is practicing because he knows what he wants .



I would recommend this book to people ages five years and up because you can understand this book and also I would recommend to people who like the ninja. This is a good example for those who are interested in Ninjas.

[Electroclan17 · Rating 4 out of 5]

[4.25] I feel like you wouldn't be able to enjoy these books without knowing anything about the show or at least you wouldn't understand certain things that are mentioned.

[natalie398 · Rating 4 out of 5]

What the heck why not

[Joey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Personal Response: I enjoyed reading Kai: Ninja of Fire because it had action and an interesting plot. I liked how Kai worked together with his friend, Zane, to save the village. The story was interesting.


Plot- I enjoyed reading the book Kai: Ninja of Fire. The beginning was a little slow and boring, because it focused on the characters and getting the reader to know them. In the beginning Kai was practicing his karate moves on a dummy. He knew he needed to keep practicing if he wanted to be able to protect his sister and him in the future. His father was not able to protect them anymore. Kai needed to learn his karate skills quickly. In the end of the story Kai met his buddy, Zane, and they went back to Zane’s village. When morning approached in the village, they noticed everybody was missing and went searching for the lost villagers. They chased after the skeleton. The skeleton used mirrors on the outside of the village, so it looked like he disappeared while running away. They finally found the skeleton hiding in the shed and killed the skeleton. Kai and Zane found the people and saved the village.


Characterization- Kai, the 18 year old kid, was the main character in this story. Kai was a young kid who

wanted to learn how to properly fight using karate. His dad was not able to fight anymore and Kai wanted to protect his family. Kai needed to protect his sister and himself from bad situations. Zane was Kai’s friend in the story and helped with anything Kai needed. The skeleton was the villain who tried to hide everybody outside of the village.


Impacts of setting- The setting was in a little Japanese village. Another setting in the story was the woods. Kai and Zane went in the woods to track down the skeleton, which was hiding the people of the village. the story took place in modern day time because of how all the machines were involved.


Theme- The theme of the story was to basically follow instincts. Kai knew that if he followed the tracks he would find the skeleton but gave up his instincts when he was looked into the mirror.

Recommend- I would not recommend this book to anyone, although I thought it was an okay book. It was a different kind of read for me. I normally do not read any books of this genre. The story was really slow in the beginning but got better towards the end.

[Lincoln · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read "Kai, Ninja of Fire" by Greg Farshtey. Overall I thought the book was okay because I did not connect to it much. It is about a ninja named Kai that learns a form of self-defense combat called Spinjitzu from one of his father’s friends. He learns this fighting technique because his sister was taken by skeleton warriors that think they can get treasure out of it. Kia meets up with one of his old friends named Zane, the ninja of ice to try and get Kai's sister. On the way they run into many problems and have a difficult time, but it does not get them off task. I would recommend this book from ages 10 and up, because it does have some difficult terms. I also feel that people that are interested in ninjas and warriors would enjoy this book to.

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea, but it's an entertaining, quick read. The action is ridiculous in an eye-roll way.

[Becky S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how these books all come together as a team and a lesson learned. Great chapter book for boys beginning to read.

[AK 김 승 주 · Rating 5 out of 5]

We see the story of the fight against Garmadon and the Skeleton Army from Kai's point of view.

[Eli Cohrs · Rating 5 out of 5]

straight fire for real for real no cap

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my 6 year old son's most recent choice for a read aloud. He liked it. But, I did not. It was painful for me to get through. I found it boring and a slow go. Nothing much really happened, and I didn't feel any great connection to Kai. Zane, who is also introduced in this book, seems marginally more interesting.

My son wants to go on and read the rest of this series, so we likely will, but I'm not looking forward to it.

[Ashley Aolani Salisbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little slow at first but I liked it. I like how we see a different side of Kai. His compassionate side and loyalty to his friends. I like how this book is set up as a mystery...2 mysteries to be exact. Where are the missing links to Zane's past? What is going on in Zane's home town? It's two fun stories in one.

[Reetta Saine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yllätti positiivisesti, sillä oli ihan tarinaa ja hyvää kieltä. Seassa pari tietopaukkua ja visaa. Tekstiä oli aika hurjasti verrattuna kirjan pieneen kokoon, mutta lähtekööt kakkosvinkkauksiin nyt täkyksi.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not just a summary of the episodes, this book gives extra story from in between episodes during Season 1. It gives great insight into who the characters were before they came together. I especially like that since it's a book, you get to know what the character is thinking.

[Jude · Rating 2 out of 5]

My five-year-old lost interest in the story being told, so it took us nearly a month to finish an 80-page book.

[faeriedragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

|＾ ヮ ＾ | ♡ ✧*。

[Sarah Hall]

Book 1 of 11

[c haden-homer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Ninjago so cool

[Erik Forss · Rating 5 out of 5]

My love

[Theo G · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is an interesting story covering current and back stories of ninjas kai and zane and overall great
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[Matthew Balsamo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is like if The Godfather was made into a book [I know it's a book before you say anything].

[pierwszy waryjat · Rating 5 out of 5]

nie niczego nie zaluje i tak jestem z siebie dumna

[NATHANIELL · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because it is so easy to read, and I like the fact that it’s about ninjas. It was also very interesting to read and really easy to imagine what was going on in the book.

At the beginning of the book the kid’s dad dies. His dad was a blacksmith so he was taught how to forge weapons. The kid’s sister was kidnapped so he wanted to save her. A ninja than came to him and asked him to train with other ninjas, so he decided to train, after a while he got better. One of the ninjas didn’t know anything about his past, so the two ninjas started to look for clues because he wanted to know who his family is. When they were in the town that he was found in, the skeleton warriors scared the people into drugging the ninjas that caused them to fall asleep. The warriors put a mirror cage around the entire village so they couldn’t get out. After a couple of days, one of the warriors decided to go inside the cage and the ninjas fallowed him until he left. Then they found the opening where they could get out. Once they got out, they started to kill the warriors one by one until it came down to the mounted horsemen. Then they killed them too and set all the villagers free. They then returned to camp and moved on.

I would recommend this book to sixth grade boys because the book is so easy to read and I think that it would interest them because it is about ninjas.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good children's book. The two main characters, Kai and Zane, make a fun team--their very different personalities complement each other nicely. The plot was a nice mix of investigation and action, with a focus on problem-solving. There was a bit of thematic depth and character development, which one wouldn't necessarily expect in a book of this length and nature (a toy tie-in). The mystery was generally interesting, even if the resolution of it was slightly gimmicky.

My son, almost seven, read this with me. His four-year-old sister joined us, and while that required a little extra explanation in places, she stuck with it and both of them seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. It's not exactly classic children's lit, but an enjoyable book, recommended for kids who are interested in the Ninjago franchise or mystery/martial-arts stories more generally.

[Matthew Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is basically the same thing on the anima but I still enjoyed the book. I read ninja of ice too but that is a different story. My favorite character is Kai because he is a thrill taker and takes lots of risks just to save her sister Nya( if thrill taking and risk taking are the same just tell me in the comments bellow). I can also picture what happens in the story too. So please read this book, leave a like, and I will update on other books soon. PEACE OUT!!!!! and butter.



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[AP · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read this book with my son, the Ninjago fan, at least 6 times already. I expect to read it even more upon his request. This is not a children's book classic, not one that I keep reading after he's fallen asleep. The writing is tolerable. At least it's not making me cringe while reading it. There is a diluted amount of Zen philosophy in the first story about Kai following in his dad's footsteps.

[Moon Shine Art Spot ~ Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like these books, but most importantly, MY 7 year old lives them... All of the Ninjago books. He reads them on his own. That is very important to me as a parent. He actually reads the story (not just looking at pics), and he tells me step by step what happened in the story which helps with his reading comprehension skills. The illustrations do look exciting and attention getting.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Noah loved this book. I thought it was good but nothing extraordinary. It was about what I would expect from a book based on a tv series.

[Bill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yup. Becoming immersed in the whole Ninjago World, thanks to my son's fascination with the show/games/books. Fun stuff!