The Endermen Invasion

An Unofficial Gamer's Adventure #3

by Winter Morgan

Will a griefer destroy Steve’s hope of winning the elite building competition?

In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends—Max, Lucy, and Henry—are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve’s neighbor Kyra is upset because she wasn’t chosen as a contestant. Steve asks Kyra to come to the competition and help the gang build boats to get to Mushroom Island. She agrees, and the group sets out on an adventure to the contest. Getting there is half the fun, and the group treks through the jungle, where they find a rare temple filled with treasure! But getting the treasure isn’t easy, and they have to fight fierce battles to continue their journey.

After their exhilarating and rewarding journey to the contest, they finally make their way onto the island and meet the judges, as well as the other four contestants, whose egos are as big as the houses they are building. Steve builds his dream house to impress the judges, but just as they begin judging, the island is overrun with Endermen. Mushroom islands are known for not having hostile mobs, so everyone knows it’s the work of a griefer. Is it one of the contestants? Nobody knows, but they all have to work together to battle this invasion of the Endermen.

Will they be able to defeat the Endermen and find out who the griefer is? And who will win the building contest? Find out in this thrilling third installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series!

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Fantasy, Video Games, Chapter Books, Audiobook, Adventure

112 pages, Paperback

First published November 18, 2014

Reviews

[Berlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a good book to and I like the ending

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My oldest son could not care less about reading fiction. He has other things he'd rather be doing. Like playing Minecraft. I told him I'd read whatever books he plans to read so we can talk about them. The first book on that promise is The Endermen Invasion.

My kid is going to love this book. The characters are straight out of Minecraft living in the world of Minecraft. It's weird to me, but he's going to dig the heck out of it.

Here's the rub for me. I AM SUCH A MOM. These Minecraft characters go off to Mushroom Island to have a building contest. One of the kids is jealous that he wasn't selected to be in the contest so he rigs it to send Endermen, Ender Dragons, and other Minecraft things I'm probably saying wrong. The kids in the contest figure out this one jealous kid is responsible for wreaking havoc, and the kid winds up helping to undo the mess he has made and stop the Endermen, etc. from destroying what the kids are building. This is the last we hear of the jealous kid:

"What about me?" asked Joshua.

"You're not invited," Caleb told him. "I think it's for the best if we just part ways."

"But you're one of my best friends," said Joshua.

"You aren't a friend," Caleb said as he, Steve, and Henry walked toward the boat and made their way back to Mushroom Island.

"You don't know what true friends are. I feel bad for you," Henry remarked to Joshua as he walked away.

Bunch of little punks. They don't know what true friends are either. Now I'm going to have to have a mom type conversation with my kid. Thanks, Minecraft book.

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

The epic Adventure continues! Steve is invited to a grand building competition. His friends, Kyra, Lucy, Max, and Henry join him as they adventure to the mushroom island where the building competition will be held. The group know that it would be peaceful because there iisn't any mobs on mushroom island, and they shouldn't spawn there. The group head out, and arrive, and excited for a happy time. The group is met up with the other contestonts, and the judges.Then the compitition starts, and steve, and the other contestonts are off to build, and win. Suddenly, endermen, a dangerous mob, start ed spawning everywhere on the island. The contestonts, judges, and Steve, and his friends are all confused. The entire group work together to take down the Endermen as other dangerous mobs start appear. The group is left with no answers untill they figured out that a griefer was messing with them, the other contestonts had suspected it to be Steve. Steve had to prove his innocence. Eventuall, the group figured out one of the contestonts named Joshua was working with a griefer. They whent after him, and his partner nearly dying, but emerged victorious. They stopped the griefers, and continued with the building competition. Finally, the judges judged, and the winner was another contestont named Sarah. Steve wasn't mad, but he was happy for Sarah. Eventually, Henry, Max, Lucy, and Kyra told Steve they were going on a treasure hunt because they miss it. Steve said bye, and left as the group spread into different directions. Steve was happy, and exauhsted, but he was glad to be going home.

[Kerr Lamb · Rating 5 out of 5]

יותר טוב מזה לא קראתי, חמש נפצים

[Irene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Three books into the series, and there are still minor, distracting editing errors, e.g., page 43 refers to "Ender Peals" instead of "Ender Pearls".

This book takes Steve into new biomes, and I liked the premise of Steve competing in an invitation-only building contest. I even found the series of battles rather exciting! Unfortunately, any fresh new ideas that would have led me to a higher star rating were cancelled out by the blatant recycling of the main conflict in the second book. Specifically, a griefer is causing a lot of trouble, and everyone is blaming Steve. His friends defend him, but he needs to figure out who the real griefer is in order to clear his name.

Overall, a fitting continuation of the series. The take-away lesson in this installment seems to be, "It's too bad if things don't work out for you, especially if they do work out for your friend, but try not to begrudge your friends their successes, and instead, try to be happy for them."

[Diego Valenzuela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is about a Minecraft person named Steve and his friends are going to the mushroom island for a building competition, but when they get there they are met by endermen the enderdragon and the wither. I also liked the book that I would also give the book a five star rating. I would recommend this book to a person who likes minecraft books

[Andrew F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the book, it started out with the main character Steve entering a building competition with his friend Max. They go through many places on there way to the competition some include the jungle, the mooshroom island, and mines. Then the invasion happens. I would suggest this book to anyone who likes adventure stories.

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did I die a little inside when my 6 year old insisted on reading this instead of Beverly Cleary, Nate the Great, or Junie B Jones? Yeah. Was it also… totally fine? Yeah, pretty much. Passable fanfic with some minor grammatical errors, typos, etc. I was worried this was a little violent but then it’s explained that if a character “dies” they just respawn at their house, like a real video game, so that was fine.

I would rather be reading aloud anything else but at least giving Joshua (who you know immediately is the bad guy if you’ve ever read literally any other book or watched any tv show) the dweebiest voice I could saved this a little. The values the book promotes - friendship, teamwork, being a good sport if you lose - are good.

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a children's story for those children who like paying the videogame Minecraft. It is silly and not very logical, but it's for kids. They are not looking for logic.

In any case Steve and his friends are heading out to participate in a contest to see who can build the best house. Of course, along the way, bad things happen. Steve is blamed (again) but in the end everything is resolved. The guilty party admits his faults and is forgiven. All is well.

I wouldn't mind listening again to this audiobook in the car with kids.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like Enderman. I also enjoyed this book because I like the Ender dragon. I also enjoyed this book because I like the wither. I also enjoyed this book because I like Minecraft books. I also enjoyed this book because I liked it when the Ender dragon and the wither were battling. I also enjoyed this book because I like Endermights. I also enjoyed this book because I like dragon eggs.

[Toby Townsend · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Endermen Invasion is a fun and action-packed book, but it lacks some depth and complexity. The story is exciting and interesting, but the characters could have been explored more deeply and made more memorable. It's a book that's mainly aimed at younger readers who love video games, like Minecraft. The ending also feels a bit rushed and not as satisfying as it could have been. Despite this, it's a fun and lighthearted read that will keep young fans of the game hooked.

[Jamie Pinkerton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to my boys for their bedtime story. The really enjoyed the quest for the diamond sword and we're really excited to read this one. They liked it but said it wasn't as good as the other one because there wasn't any adventure. In this story Steve and his friends stayed in one place. They still enjoyed it tho and would like to get another one of the Minecraft books.

[X · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that these books exist for the sake of the kids who love Minecraft. They're honestly really dull to suffer through as an adult but like it's good for what it is (at least it doesn't appear to be written by a bot like lots of unofficial Minecraft books on Amazon.)

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because I really like minecraft. I also liked this book because I liked it when someone built a mushroom mine.

[Caden Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that it's about Endermen and there was a building competition on mushroom island, so there were no mobs. The best creation wins and an Ender Dragon randomly spawned.

[Mister · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite thing about this book was Steve and his friends making the journey to mushroom island.

[Weather · Rating 1 out of 5]

This may be the worst book that I have ever read. My 6 year old thought it was so-so.

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

it is awesome

[Traci Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't finish, 7 year old lost interest.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 9 year old is loving the series. Well done on Audible!

[raccoon reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

We knew it was Joshua!

Been reading this series with my son (7) and we both are enjoying it! I've learned more about Minecraft than any woman in her 40s should know -_- yayeee.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son loved it

[Norah Bahns-Mintz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am glad that Steve did'nt get kicked out of the competition and found the greifer was Joshua. Besides that it was just a really good book!

[josie · Rating 5 out of 5]

best book i’ve ever read

[Mew Clawfur · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still better than the first and not as boring but not worth it to continue because I have to force myself to read these. I might be too old to enjoy these tbh lol

[Courtney Mitchell · Rating 1 out of 5]

THIS WAS PAINFUL!!! Read to my daughter as part if a bookclub for kids that we belong to. There was nothing in the storyline or the writing for adults to enjoy. she did enjoy some of the parts of the game that were incorporated into the storyline but she even thought it was very basic and predictable.

[Samuel Scheidler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is super interesting and, it makes me want to read the other books. This book reminded me of myself because, when Steve splashed water on the Enderman reminds me of when I splashed water on by little brother during the summer.

[Mitran Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

it's a book where there's one problem while another problem is happening

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

This is a great book for you guys! I really think you guys should read this book AFTER you read the ones before it.

[kenneth m saurers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

I really like this book I thought it was awesome and I love the series I would recommend this book