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Tomorrowland Junior Novel
Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory. This junior novel is based on the high-anticipated Walt Disney Studios film, Tomorrowland, and includes a full-color photo insert!
156 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2015
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Elizabeth Rudnick
77 books339 followershis is the part I'm always the worst at—talking about myself! So as you've figured out, my name is Elizabeth Rudnick and I'm a young adult author. I'm also a Senior Editor at Disney Press in New York City. I've edited books based on movies like Pirates of the Caribbean and Prince of Persia as well as Miley Cyrus's memoir, Miles to Go, which was a New York Times bestseller (imagine if Tweet Heart was too!) and a total blast to work on.
When I'm not working, I live in Connecticut with a big mutt named Jack Dyson (because he has the ability to suck up anything in his way) and have a habit of watching hours of mindless television. I like to think of it as research!
When I'm not working, I live in Connecticut with a big mutt named Jack Dyson (because he has the ability to suck up anything in his way) and have a habit of watching hours of mindless television. I like to think of it as research!
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June 8, 2015
2.5
As a sci-fi fan, I like and dislike this book. If I only focused myself on the fast pacing and the awesomess of the inventions mentioned in the book, yes, I like it. But if I focused on the world-building and main plot, I dislike this book.
Let me go first with the world/setting. Tomorrowland, as promising as it seems, hasn't been explored well. Yeah, I got a picture of what this place looks like but the book gave just 1/3 of the whole place. What a waste. I'm actually wondering where will the characters go to Tomorrowland because I'm on the 3/4 of the novel already and they're still not there. So yeah, I think it could be nice if the Tomorrowland has been explored more.
I already encountered the kind of plot this book had, like always, but somehow it shocked me a little bit when the main point of the story has been laid off. I don't know why. And it kinda shocked me more since the resolution is vague and somehow made my head hurt because I tried to understand what is the point. In the end, I find it all absurd. And the execution is pathetic.
Despite those, I still like the characters, especially Athena. I like more the inventions because they sound cool. Lol. And that one important message at the end, even it is kinda preachy. Oh, I almost forgot, I also like the pacing since I didn't get bored along the way.
Way too short to explain it all, I guess.
As a sci-fi fan, I like and dislike this book. If I only focused myself on the fast pacing and the awesomess of the inventions mentioned in the book, yes, I like it. But if I focused on the world-building and main plot, I dislike this book.
Let me go first with the world/setting. Tomorrowland, as promising as it seems, hasn't been explored well. Yeah, I got a picture of what this place looks like but the book gave just 1/3 of the whole place. What a waste. I'm actually wondering where will the characters go to Tomorrowland because I'm on the 3/4 of the novel already and they're still not there. So yeah, I think it could be nice if the Tomorrowland has been explored more.
I already encountered the kind of plot this book had, like always, but somehow it shocked me a little bit when the main point of the story has been laid off. I don't know why. And it kinda shocked me more since the resolution is vague and somehow made my head hurt because I tried to understand what is the point. In the end, I find it all absurd. And the execution is pathetic.
Despite those, I still like the characters, especially Athena. I like more the inventions because they sound cool. Lol. And that one important message at the end, even it is kinda preachy. Oh, I almost forgot, I also like the pacing since I didn't get bored along the way.
Way too short to explain it all, I guess.
July 14, 2022
Es solo la novelización de la película, en general me agradan estos libros porque son sencillos de leer, son historias simples contadas de manera rápida y directa. Normalmente los leo después de haber terminado un libro particularmente largo y complicado, como forma de descanso.
Este no es ni remotamente extraordinario, es más bien pasable, tanto la película en la que se basa, como este libro proponen cosas interesantes, pero fallan en desarrollarlas, es el tipo de historia que se beneficia de tiempo y paciencia, pero es algo que no les dieron así que todo queda en una idea muy bonita e interesante, pero sin desarrollar y con muchas preguntas abiertas.
Este no es ni remotamente extraordinario, es más bien pasable, tanto la película en la que se basa, como este libro proponen cosas interesantes, pero fallan en desarrollarlas, es el tipo de historia que se beneficia de tiempo y paciencia, pero es algo que no les dieron así que todo queda en una idea muy bonita e interesante, pero sin desarrollar y con muchas preguntas abiertas.
February 26, 2018
Extraordinarily Imaginative
We read this book together as a family reading to 3 kids ages 8-12. They really enjoyed this book and looked forward to reading together each evening, usually begging me to read more, which is a big accomplishment for them! I highly recommend this adventurous book.
We read this book together as a family reading to 3 kids ages 8-12. They really enjoyed this book and looked forward to reading together each evening, usually begging me to read more, which is a big accomplishment for them! I highly recommend this adventurous book.
August 9, 2023
Probablemente soy demasiado amargada para leer esta novela, simplemente no me termino de gustar, desde los personajes, la trama e incluso el desarrollo. Es mucho de solo "ver" que pasa y no hacer preguntas. Sinceramente me quede con muchas dudas, faltan muchos datos: fechas, descripciones, sucesos, muuuucho por saber como es que pasamos del pequeño Frank invitado a Tomorrowland a un viejo amargado que ha sido expulsado o cual es el problema que creen que Casey puede solucionar.
Punto aparte fue raro que desde la perspectiva de Casey se llegara a describir a Frank como "un poco atractivo" pese que a que previamente se menciona que tiene una barba blanca. O que Atena sea físicamente una niña pero hay algo romántico con Frank, un hombre viejo.
Quizá planteado de otra manera me habría gustado, en si no es mala la historia, pero no es para mi.
Punto aparte fue raro que desde la perspectiva de Casey se llegara a describir a Frank como "un poco atractivo" pese que a que previamente se menciona que tiene una barba blanca. O que Atena sea físicamente una niña pero hay algo romántico con Frank, un hombre viejo.
Quizá planteado de otra manera me habría gustado, en si no es mala la historia, pero no es para mi.
September 3, 2018
I know this is a movie by Disney so that is why I am reading this book so i can get an idea of what its about before I actually sit down and watch it.
Was a pretty nice simple story with all the wonder and excitement of the possibilities of the future with the looming doom of the end of the world splashed in for a bit of raised stakes. I'm interested to see how its all put together in a movie format, since this is written as how a decent film plot is laid out, and in a way that kids could understand.
Was a pretty nice simple story with all the wonder and excitement of the possibilities of the future with the looming doom of the end of the world splashed in for a bit of raised stakes. I'm interested to see how its all put together in a movie format, since this is written as how a decent film plot is laid out, and in a way that kids could understand.
April 28, 2023
Me gusto el libro a pesar de que no tuviera romance (que es lo que a mi me gusta). La verdad lo empece porque quería leer una lectura corta y entretenida, y fue el primero que vi. El final dos/tres, un poco emotivo y me gusto que al final Frank y Athena de volvieran a encontrar, Frank ya un poco cambiado.
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February 27, 2018
A very entertaining and adventurous book to read to my kids. They enjoyed every minute of it, usually begging me to read "just one more chapter!" It can be hard to keep all their attention, aged 8-12, 2 boys and 1 girl, and the boys have a hard time focusing. Liked it a lot!
October 20, 2021
Saw the movie three times!
I thought Athena was absolutely amazing! I was mesmerized through the book and the movie!!! My biggest complaint now I don't see the movie on Disney Plus now. What's up with that???
I thought Athena was absolutely amazing! I was mesmerized through the book and the movie!!! My biggest complaint now I don't see the movie on Disney Plus now. What's up with that???
March 18, 2022
This was clearly written by someone who has just seen the movie and doesn't know about the "lore" (yes, there is Tomorrowland lore).
It does a good job at translating the movie into words but the few parts that are not in the movie don't add any depth.
It does a good job at translating the movie into words but the few parts that are not in the movie don't add any depth.
April 12, 2020
Such a great story of hope! I love this book and movie. Quick, fun, read to put you in a good mood!
June 19, 2020
Based off the movie?
A story about the battle between hope and despair. Youngsters get taken to a city of tomorrow. A climatic battle will ensue.
A story about the battle between hope and despair. Youngsters get taken to a city of tomorrow. A climatic battle will ensue.
July 28, 2021
An interesting novel. It features Casey Newton, Frank Walker, and Athena an AA.
December 8, 2025
- Calificaciones de estrellas: 2.5
January 2, 2025
Surprising how much the movie got right. I really like how this book center’s around hope, like Frank was the embodiment of hope -> no hope -> hope. Athena was no hope -> hope. And Casey was just hope, it was a little shaky but she always had it, I guess everyone else did in a way as-well. And I love the idea that it totally could happen and we probably wouldn’t know it…
I like to think that frank built Athena again.
Edit: it makes sense why the movie got so much right, the book was published 2 days before the movies release.
I like to think that frank built Athena again.
Edit: it makes sense why the movie got so much right, the book was published 2 days before the movies release.
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April 10, 2018
Tomorrowland Junior Novel
PLOT: Young Frank Walker dreams go beyond a life on his father's farm tending to crops. During an inventor's contest (upon entering a jetpack of his own creation) he meets a girl named Athena who introduces him to a whole new world where the sky is the limit when it comes to imagination. (Tomorrowland). Where anything you can dream up is possible. Meanwhile, Casey dreams of seeing the stars but she has to deal with the reality of the Government closing down the space program thus leaving her father unemployed. Things take a turn for the unexpected when during a nightly sabotage of the platform's equipment Casey gets arrested and finds a strange pin in her belongings. A pin that when touched transports her to the strange and beautiful dystopia Tomorrowland. With the help of Athena Casey sets out to find Frank (much older now) with the hopes that together they will be able to bring about the resurrection of this utopian broken world.
MY THOUGHTS: This was interesting. I think as I'm watching the movie now I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of this pin that transports you to Tomorrowland. Obviously, you aren't physically transported anywhere because when Casey drops it she's still wherever she was before. EX when she knocks her head against the wall and bumps into the dresser. I think Athena said it just gives you a "view", but then this is where it gets fuzzy in my mind. If what Casey's seeing is just a view then I'm imagining a little crystal ball. Maybe when you touch it a window opens and you look in. But this is WAY too real. It's like one of those stimulation programs you read about, but I can't comment on the realism cause I never played one. So then when I think of it like that I makes it a little more clear. It gives you something deep to think about because it talks about what if great minds were to get together and they created an idealistic world and they needed somewhere secret to create it. A world where anything is possible. Because let's face it the world we're in sometimes can be HORRID! And Tomorrowland puts me in the mind of the Jetson's feel that I was so looking forward to seeing in this century. The jetpacks were even something in the cartoon that I remember Elroy owning. There's the thought-provoking notion of a machine that lets you see forwards and backward in time. But then there's the hazy ness of the end. So there's a machine that's feeding negative images into people's minds of the apocalypse? And the goal is to shut it down. Only if the machine is only *feeding* negativity into people's brains and not some kind of bomb that's gonna cause the world's destruction then if you destroy the machine itself are we supposed to believe that all the people's positivity is what saves the world. UMM! I don't think this is either scientific or logical if the world really were gonna come to an end. I don't think you can hold hands and Care Bear Stare a nuclear explosion. All I can see for this to make sense is the machine really was some kind of mass weapon. But then instead of leaving you like hunh, they could have announced it at the end. The end of the movie gave a little more than the end of the book and I liked that it went further and showed the hope of the next generation re-building tomorrow land and the "Willy Wonka" ish end where people were randomly finding pins (without the search) and it kind of feels like there could be the lead in to a sequel. I liked the characters but didn't have that many thoughts on (Frank, Athena, or Casey). But overall not bad a read.
RATING: 6
PLOT: Young Frank Walker dreams go beyond a life on his father's farm tending to crops. During an inventor's contest (upon entering a jetpack of his own creation) he meets a girl named Athena who introduces him to a whole new world where the sky is the limit when it comes to imagination. (Tomorrowland). Where anything you can dream up is possible. Meanwhile, Casey dreams of seeing the stars but she has to deal with the reality of the Government closing down the space program thus leaving her father unemployed. Things take a turn for the unexpected when during a nightly sabotage of the platform's equipment Casey gets arrested and finds a strange pin in her belongings. A pin that when touched transports her to the strange and beautiful dystopia Tomorrowland. With the help of Athena Casey sets out to find Frank (much older now) with the hopes that together they will be able to bring about the resurrection of this utopian broken world.
MY THOUGHTS: This was interesting. I think as I'm watching the movie now I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of this pin that transports you to Tomorrowland. Obviously, you aren't physically transported anywhere because when Casey drops it she's still wherever she was before. EX when she knocks her head against the wall and bumps into the dresser. I think Athena said it just gives you a "view", but then this is where it gets fuzzy in my mind. If what Casey's seeing is just a view then I'm imagining a little crystal ball. Maybe when you touch it a window opens and you look in. But this is WAY too real. It's like one of those stimulation programs you read about, but I can't comment on the realism cause I never played one. So then when I think of it like that I makes it a little more clear. It gives you something deep to think about because it talks about what if great minds were to get together and they created an idealistic world and they needed somewhere secret to create it. A world where anything is possible. Because let's face it the world we're in sometimes can be HORRID! And Tomorrowland puts me in the mind of the Jetson's feel that I was so looking forward to seeing in this century. The jetpacks were even something in the cartoon that I remember Elroy owning. There's the thought-provoking notion of a machine that lets you see forwards and backward in time. But then there's the hazy ness of the end. So there's a machine that's feeding negative images into people's minds of the apocalypse? And the goal is to shut it down. Only if the machine is only *feeding* negativity into people's brains and not some kind of bomb that's gonna cause the world's destruction then if you destroy the machine itself are we supposed to believe that all the people's positivity is what saves the world. UMM! I don't think this is either scientific or logical if the world really were gonna come to an end. I don't think you can hold hands and Care Bear Stare a nuclear explosion. All I can see for this to make sense is the machine really was some kind of mass weapon. But then instead of leaving you like hunh, they could have announced it at the end. The end of the movie gave a little more than the end of the book and I liked that it went further and showed the hope of the next generation re-building tomorrow land and the "Willy Wonka" ish end where people were randomly finding pins (without the search) and it kind of feels like there could be the lead in to a sequel. I liked the characters but didn't have that many thoughts on (Frank, Athena, or Casey). But overall not bad a read.
RATING: 6
November 26, 2016
TCL Call #: J CD Book Tomorrowland
Chris’ Rating: 4 Stars
What if there was a magical place where creators and inventors could get together in an unfettered environment to explore their ideas and make the world a better place? Successively that is what Frank and then Casey thinks they might have found in their first glimpses of Tomorrowland. But the two are decades apart, and when Casey finds Frank, having been rescued from human-like killer robots by Athena, Frank no longer believes in a better future. But Casey has not given up hope yet, even when the end of the world seems inevitable.
What to say about Tomorrowland….Despite being slightly disjointed with the time jump between young Frank and Casey, the sci-fi being a bit light for most lovers of sci-fi, and the writing itself seeming more average (but not bad) than outstanding, I enjoyed this book quite a lot. I think it was the ending message that resonated the most with me…that of having hope, and how what we perceive shapes what we get. In this case the world was ending because people saw (or thought) it was going to end. When people looked past that view with hope, other outcomes were possible. It seems like a timely message given what I see in the news and on social media daily. A good book for children who want a light but thought provoking read.
Chris’ Rating: 4 Stars
What if there was a magical place where creators and inventors could get together in an unfettered environment to explore their ideas and make the world a better place? Successively that is what Frank and then Casey thinks they might have found in their first glimpses of Tomorrowland. But the two are decades apart, and when Casey finds Frank, having been rescued from human-like killer robots by Athena, Frank no longer believes in a better future. But Casey has not given up hope yet, even when the end of the world seems inevitable.
What to say about Tomorrowland….Despite being slightly disjointed with the time jump between young Frank and Casey, the sci-fi being a bit light for most lovers of sci-fi, and the writing itself seeming more average (but not bad) than outstanding, I enjoyed this book quite a lot. I think it was the ending message that resonated the most with me…that of having hope, and how what we perceive shapes what we get. In this case the world was ending because people saw (or thought) it was going to end. When people looked past that view with hope, other outcomes were possible. It seems like a timely message given what I see in the news and on social media daily. A good book for children who want a light but thought provoking read.
September 13, 2022
Watch this movie! No! Read the book!
You know what, do both!
This was a random find on the Disney+ channel and damn, how I loved it! We all did, the kids were glued to the story!
Read the full review here: https://sincerelyyoursannie.com/2022/...
You know what, do both!
This was a random find on the Disney+ channel and damn, how I loved it! We all did, the kids were glued to the story!
Read the full review here: https://sincerelyyoursannie.com/2022/...
October 29, 2015
A great story about dreams, is not that bad having dreams but with this you follow Casey's optimism is very contagious- I'm loving it so much!!
Almost a month reading this great book, its valid dreaming I truly recommend it!!!
Sept 30 - Oct 28
Almost a month reading this great book, its valid dreaming I truly recommend it!!!
Sept 30 - Oct 28
December 2, 2015
I figured I'd give this a listen since it was a short audiobook based off the movie, which I still haven't seen. I found myself sucked into the story and enjoyed it. It moved along quickly and although brief I was able to keep up with the story and "get" the characters.
May 24, 2015
This was a great little book that I read with my son. We can't wait to see the movie.
July 13, 2015
I Love Tomarrowland!
This is my new favorite book! Full of action, excitement, and curiosity. I'd read it again. So take my word on it!
Read it!!!
This is my new favorite book! Full of action, excitement, and curiosity. I'd read it again. So take my word on it!
Read it!!!
July 30, 2015
Great re-creation of the movie's story. The visual of the movie's ending was lost in translation, but the rest was done well.
August 4, 2015
the pace of this book was uneven and I'm not entirely sure I got it
June 4, 2015
I liked the movie, the book just kind of summarizes it.
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