TMNT: SPECIAL EDITIO

by Victoria Shelley, Random House (Illustrator)

Michael Bay brings the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the big screen in summer 2014. In New York City, crime rates are on the rise and innocent civilians tremble in fear—but there’s a force fighting back, vigilantes among us ready to protect the city. Are they the heroes we expect them to be? And are they powerful enough to take down the masked warrior everyone fears . . . the Shredder? This deluxe hardcover retelling is a must-have for fans 8 to 12 and features 16 pages of full-color images!

Genres: Fantasy

128 pages, Hardcover

First published September 9, 2014

Reviews

[Rebecca Knight · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. I wanted this to be as awesome as the movie (which I loved!), but it wasn't even close. Just not enough character development, the writer didn't describe the emotion, anger, and humor that the characters showed in the movie. Happily, though, I put it on the bookshelf for the kids, and a 4th grader picked it up within minutes. She seems to like it so far, and I'm glad we'll be able to discuss it together later.

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

It followed the storyline of the movie, but I liked that they changed just enough of the dialogue & descriptions of action scenes so that it wasn't like I was just reading a screenplay of the movie. Like the movie, it is mostly April-centric, & we don't officially "meet" the Turtles until Chapter 4. It was a little weird when in the earlier part of Chapter 4, April is just meeting the Turtles & they are described as simply "the turtle in the ___-colored mask", but then it jumps to a section where they are mentioned by name ("___, the turtle in the ___-colored mask"). It's like, now April has psychic powers & now knows their names. That would totally lose & confuse someone who either hasn't seen the movie &/or doesn't already know enough about the Ninja Turtles.

In the movie, they don't mention whether or not April got her job back. This book just sort-of makes the assumption that she did get her job back, plus a promotion. There is also no mention in the movie on Karai's connection to Shredder (as possibly his daughter), but this book says that fact was never proven, just "whispered" & "rumored" around the Foot Clan. (Or if it was mentioned in the movie, it was brief enough that I forgot about it, & "need" to watch it again!)

Still cool, & I like reading &/or watching any Turtle stories I can get!

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun, quick read. It felt pretty heavily abridged (even for a junior novelization), but I still enjoyed reading it.

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[Kellyanne Higgins · Rating 2 out of 5]

The movie was better.