Big Hero 6 Junior Novelization

by Walt Disney Company

When a brilliant robotics prodigy named Hiro Hamada uncovers a plot by a high-tech villain in the city of San Fransokyo, he assembles a team of first-time crime-fighters to face the threat. Big Hero 6: The Junior Novelization retells the whole action-packed story and features eight-pages of full-color photos!

Genres: Audiobook, Science Fiction, Childrens, Juvenile, Adventure, Middle Grade, Media Tie In

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2014

About the author

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

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Reviews

[Miranda Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

[Tadashi] was smiling and giving Hiro a thumbs-up.
Hiro smiled back and took a breath.
“Sorry. My name is Hiro Hamada, and I’ve been working on something I think is pretty cool. I hope you like it.”

Hiro, and his brother Tadashi, are recovering from their newly orphaned status (because...it's a Disney movie...).

Hiro's lost all interest in his schoolwork, his friends and life. He's a certifiable genius but he's using all his smarts in underground Bot Battles on the streets of San Fran Tokyo

Tadashi just can't reach his brother...that is, until Tadashi finally takes Hiro to the lab.

There, Hiro is able to see all the absolutely amazing and unbelievable science happening all around him...and soon he decides he wants to join Tadashi and his friends.

He took out a small object no bigger than a paper clip.
“This is a microbot.”
The small object in his palm took a bow.
“It doesn’t look like much,” Hiro continued, “but when it links up with the rest of its pals, things get a little more interesting...”

And just when things are looking up, the unthinkable happens and Tadashi is ripped away from Hiro - plunging Hiro into a deeper spiral than ever.

Hiro then meets Baymax - a leftover personal project of Tadashi. Baymax is a health-robot, designed to help humans. Baymax may have met his most difficult challenge yet.

Meanwhile, Hiro's microbot technology has been stolen by an evil super villain and it's up to Hiro, and Tadashi's friends to take back the city.

I really loved this movie and the book was pretty good too!

The author did an excellent job of expressing the joys and sorrows of this story. The characterizations were really well done!

The plot was thoroughly covered the movie but didn't feel like a complete repeat.

The only thing that bugged me about this novel (and honestly, it also bugged me in the movie too) - too much happens.

First we have this wonderful and tragic story of Hiro and Tadashi, The battle bots and Baymax. I cried during the movie and felt just so much emotion as this story unfolded.

Then, around halfway, we have superheroes and supervillains. Suddenly Hiro and Tadashi's friends have all superhero origin stories and they have to fight these Big Bads to save the world.

It just feels like too much for one story for me. I would have loved one story or the other...but to cram both into one movie just overwhelmed me.

Am I the only one?

Audiobook Comments
MacLeod Andrews read this one wonderfully. The audio was an absolute pleasure to listen to!

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[Martein Joaquim · Rating 5 out of 5]

My e x g i r l f r i e n d guneet kals likes Marvel cinematics but I don't like to read comic books and here I am selecting books of Disney of which I have already seen movie

[Tiara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to with my kids. A fun, fast read that they enjoyed. :-)

[Adam Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very enjoyable retelling of the film. Big Hero 6 follows the story of Hiro, whose brother Tadashi prods him into entering a science expo in order to attend university. Hiro wins the contest with his microbots but a subsequent fire destroys his invention and kills Tadashi.

Hiro discovers Baymax, a cuddly marshmallow robot invented by his brother to provide health care. When Hiro finds that some of his microbots survived and are being used by an evil villain, he wants answers, and to do that, he adds armor and fighting moves to Baymax's programming and gets a little help from his brother's friends.

Overall, Big Hero 6 is a far deeper story than it's plot suggests. It's a great juvenile adventure story, but like all the best Disney movies, it's a type of film that speaks to audiences whatever their age as it deals with themes such as revenge, grief, loss, and love.

The only problem with this book is that it's practically a description of everything that happened on film with no changes. This isn't a problem for most of the book. However, certain scenes of action and training on film should have been fleshed out in the book. Instead, they're described with brief expeditionary sentences.

Still, it was an enjoyable adaptation that reminded me of what made this movie so special

[Jorge Reyes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Los valores familiares, el salir adelante después de las dificultades, el afrontar las circunstancias adversas, la instrospección de las personas en la búsqueda para superar el dolor de una pérdida, amistad y cariño, lazos afectivos, comedia y más podrás encontrar en Big Hero 6.
Uno de los libros favoritos de mis hijos y mío.
Ampliamente recomendado para todas las edades.

[Nari · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderfully narrated audiobook. We haven't watched the movie, but my 4.5 year old loves this book. The characters are well balanced and realistic, for the futuristic settings. Its a 2 hour listen, great for long road-trips or lengthy commutes to and from school.

[Sherri Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book because a friends son wanted me to read it. It is exactly the story of the movie and it is good but not great.

[Joshua Barrera · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not as good as the movie, at least in my perspective. So the iconic movie meets book form and that was a big mistake, at least the manga were better. Anyways I would recommend to the very committed bunch to the Big Hero movie and manga. This book is simple all the characters from the movie, Big Max, Hiro (the main), Honey (the sweet one), GoGo (the tough one), Tadashi (the dead brother), Fred (the comic-book lover), and Robert (the antagonist). This to me, at least is, is the less scaled down version with not many pages and easily accessible, as I am kind with many other books I didn't like this at all, but yet here I am writing this. As with many other books I would read this again, as for this I wouldn't want to touch this book again. Trust me when I say this book is bad, this is based after the movie not before so this book has not much detail, the movie does.

[ᗩᗰIᖇᗩ ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ · Rating 3 out of 5]

هيرو هامادا، عبقري روبوتات ، الذي يستغل ذكاءه في مسابقات قتال الروبوتات غير القانونية حتى يحاول أخوه الأكبر تاداشي توجيه طاقته نحو مسار أفضل، ويأخذه لزيارة معهد الأبحاث الذي يدرس فيه يشترك هيرو في معرض علمي كبير لضمان القبول في المعهد، لكن حريقًا هائلاً يندلع في المعرض، مما يؤدي إلى وفاة تاداشي والمرشد الأكاديمي البروفيسور كالاغان. يكتشف هيرو لاحقًا أن الحريق كان مدبرًا. ينشط باكس ماكس بعد أن يتأذى هيرو. وبمساعدة باكس ماكس وأصدقاء تاداشي في المعهد ، يقرر هيرو تشكيل فريق من الأبطال الخارقين لوقف الشرير المقنع الذي يستخدم اختراع هيرو المسروق (الروبوتات النانوية الصغيرة). ينجح الفريق في كشف هوية الشرير (البروفيسور كالاغان نفسه) ويهزمونه. في النهاية، يصبح هيرو وأصدقاؤه فريق "الأبطال الستة الكبار" الرسمي، مع وجود باكس ماكس كعضو أساسي ومحوري في الفريق.

[Simon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another junior novel of a Disney Movie, I read it to get it over with. Regarding the movie: the plot is sweet and nice, though I never really enjoyed it fully because I found that this story was too predictable and the the abomination that was Fredzilla was such a disappointment from the original comics and design.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. It carries more details about the movie that you would only notice if you have read and watched both. I truly loved the fact that I got chills as I read each page of this great novelization. A great movie with an even better book.

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little bit different from the movie.

Little bit different but the kids loved it. Read at night to my 4yr old. By chapter. They enjoyed following along each night. Pictures at the end of book

[ReadIntoWonderland · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was obviously loyal to the movie it just felt a bit overcondensed. If you like the movie and want to relive it, it is worth the read. Or if you have a child who loves the movies. Otherwise, it is pretty skippable.

[deb · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad

It's to long!!!!! Bad bad bad !!!! 😤😤😤😡😡😡no no don't read it bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!

[jaime a iraheta]

Awesome Story

I love it it's amazing
It's very truthful and the movie is good too
Yup it's pretty awesome too love it!

[kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good quick read! It felt as if I was watching the movie! I liked how we got a deeper insight into the characters' emotions in a way the movie could not portray.

[Alexander · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was an ok film the book is just a tiny bit better

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good and accurate novelization of the movie. Read it to my son. We both enjoyed it and he loved watching the movie again after we finished it. A fun read!

[Nalindra Asmarani · Rating 5 out of 5]

My fav❣

[I. A. Myeesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite!

[Frank Javier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding read for young ones

Read to my four year old and he loves it!

I gotta say, i enjoyed the writing in this too!

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like how the story highlights different types of science and makes them look cool.

[viv reads whatever · Rating 3 out of 5]

Literally just the movie in book form. You can absolutely do more in a novelization. You can expand the world and pay attention to the smaller details. But unfortunately, this did not do that.

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly emotional and made me well up

[Diana Cano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buen libro, pero tampoco demasiado, no lo volveria a leer

[Kristin]

Short but good for sleeping. Male narrator.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

ugh… tears, no matter how many times I see this film or listen to the story 💙

[Septia Murniati · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Novel

[Light · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the junior novelization of Disney's Oscar-winning animated movie of 2014, Big Hero 6, which just happens to be my favorite movie of all time.

So, why 3 stars instead of 5? Here's why.

The movie may be my favorite, but the book, while based on the movie script, is fairly different, and not in a good way. While the movie has beautiful animation and a beautiful score to go with it, reading through the book's bland writing style (sorry Trimble, I gave you a chance with two of my favorite Disney movies, I really tried) is not the same experience. Not to say I don't enjoy novelizations of movies or series; I absolutely love what Richard Ashley Hamilton is doing regarding the books based off the Netflix series, Trollhunters (here's my review for the first of the Trollhunters books). But the way this particular novelization was executed was poor in quality.

"But Light! It's a junior novel--this is for kids! What do you expect?"

I expect a good writing standard to grow up with. Now, this isn't to say that Trimble's writing is bad, per se; it's simple and concise, but she leaves out a lot of details, changes a lot of dialogue, and though she has her moments, the descriptions are rather simple. And she tells a lot rather than shows. Like, rule number one of writing? Show, don't tell.

So I stick by my 3 stars, bumping it from a 2 simply because the story is still mostly in tact. But as a final thought, if you're considering reading this, I'd suggest watching or re-watching the movie instead.