The LEGO Movie: Junior Novel

by Kate Howard, Scholastic (Illustrator)

The first ever LEGO(R) movie hits the big screen February 7, 2014! This animated, family-friendly movie has an all-star voice cast. This exciting junior novel retelling includes 8 pages of color photos from the movie!Emmet Brickowski is just your average, everyday LEGO® Minifigure. He's a normal guy who likes to do normal stuff - watch TV, go to work, eat hot wings, and listen to everyone's favorite song, "Everything is Awesome."But all that changes one fateful day when Emmet accidently discovers the Piece of Resistance. It turns out Emmet's not so average after all - there's even a prophecy about him! Does this ordinary guy have what it takes to become an extraordinary hero and save the universe?The LEGO® Movie is being produced and distributed in conjunction with Warner Bros and has an all-star cast including Chris Pratt (Emmet), Will Ferrell (Lord Business), Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle), Liam Neeson (Bad Cop), Allison Brie (UniKitty), Nick Offerman (Metal Beard), Morgan Freeman (Vitruvius), and Will Arnett (Batman).

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy, Media Tie In, Chapter Books

133 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2013

Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Close to the movie, some language a little less harsh. I was a little disappointed the big surprise was completely left out. Other than that, a very nice read for your kids.

[Get Ahead Kids · Rating 5 out of 5]

This exciting junior novel retells the story of the family friendly LEGO movie, starring Emmet Brickowski and the extraordinary prophecy.

Emmet, an ordinary LEGO mini figurine, accidentally discovers the Piece of Resistance (the lip of a tube of glue) and is mistakenly thought to be the hero Master Builder from the prophecy. Reunited with the heroic Master Builders, Emmet's mission is to save the world from the evil tyrant Lord Business and his plan to glue the universe together using the Kragel (a tube of KRAzy GLuE).

This novel includes 8 pages of colour photos from the movie and is perfect for LEGO lovers.

[Adolfo Lopez · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Lego movie Junior Novel is written by Kate Howward. Emmet the main character is a normal person. He goes to work and falls in a hole, while he is falling he gets a piece of lego stuck on his back.A bad police wants to take the lego from him because the lego is special. A girl named Wyldstyle saved Emmet because he had the special piece. Wyldstyle told Emmet that he has to save the world. Will he save the world? I gave the book three stars because it was not that interesting, but some parts were.

[jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 year old rating the book. he loved the movie and the book.

[Jody Ellis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I saw the movie, I've read the book now and for the first time ever the movie was better than the book. The kids weren't very engaged or interested. It was a flat book.

[Cair-Paravel De Loulay · Rating 4 out of 5]

You cannot read this book without hearing all of the voices as you go! It was fun, though having seen the movie, there were no surprizes. It is a fun read and definitely one I will read again.

I am volunteering an honest review for the benefit of others.

[Galion Public Library Teens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review by C.N. : "A guy has to save the city. Cool. The bad guy turns good. [Recommended to those] who like exciting."

[Лиза · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good!

[Berlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is every good it was very close to the movie

[Ewan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's the same thing as the movie except it's a novel plus 8 PAGES OF COLOR PICTURES INSIDE!!!!!!!

[Cameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shorter than the Lego movie part 2 Junior novel. Although does not have all of the quotes from the movie

[Melo · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a great novelization. I just noticed that they didn't add the scene where the kid talks to his dad. Nonetheless still great loved it.

[Sasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read aloud to the kids. We’ve seen the movie, the book is just like the movie. They loved it, and I liked it too.

[Reivax · Rating 5 out of 5]

HOLY SHIT

[Markus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was downloading books for a long train ride and I found this gem at my library's website. If you like the Lego Movie, you will love this. Because it is (almost) exactly the same thing. The ending is slightly different. That was odd, but I think I understand why. No spoilers here.

If you want more character development or story development beyond the movie, you'll be disappointed. There are no outside the film backstories or extra plot background. It is a line for line, action for action rewrite of the movie into a book form. The cool thing is that I read some jokes I missed in the movie.

On the negative side, there were no illustrations. I thought that was odd for a junior reader. Do you?

[Simon Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book was another book based off of another movie just like charlie and the chocolate factory was based off of the movie but the book was authored by roald dahl. so anyways later into the story emmet sees a figure with a black hoodie and starts wondering wher5e did she/he came from.
i would reccomend this book to everyone ,because if you like reading books before watching the movie then i highly reccomend reading this thren watching the movie.

[Marlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book with my 9 year old and my 6 year old. We all found it to be quite hilarious. Much of it was quite silly. However, it was a very fun, quick read. My 6 year old didn't get as much of the humor in it as my 9 year old did. She still enjoyed the book, but certainly not nearly as much as my older child.

[Clara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because it is from my favorite movie. Somthing I disliked about the book was how they skipped the most heartwarming parts of the movie. I also loved the moral : any one can be special. I personaly looked down on Wildstyle for not wanting to give Emmet a chance at the beggining of the book. Later in the book she stoped being so hard on him.

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Legos and Books - Duh!

Loved this novelization of the new LEGO movie. One of my 4th grade classes did an author Skype w/ the author Kate Howard which makes it even more awesome! Will have to see the movie now...... or just read the book again.

[Evan Klassen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything is awesome

Everything is awesome

this book.was so.funny and I liked it better than the movie.I will read this over and over again.I would recommend it to you guys

[Ty O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

*** Spoilers ****




I liked the part where Metal Beard turns into a photocopier and the robots sit on his face. Then Metal Beard gets up and shoots them and says "Rule #4: no one puts a tushie on a pirate's face!"

It made me laugh!!

[Kevin Mcgann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting if you haven't seen the movie yet

[Jam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have not watched movie yet siblings have I read it to them, they say it was good but missed out some things!

[Ruby · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I loved when they were at Cloud Cuckoo Land because they have music there."

[Brian Wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emmet battles alongside his friends

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good junior novel copy of the movie

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[Sara Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it

I seen it in the movies once and I really loved it.
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[Sheena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book because its really cool and there's lots of action.