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Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous #1
Camp Cretaceous, Volume One: The Deluxe Junior Novelization
Get lost in the dangerous world of dinosaurs with this Deluxe Junior Novelization based on Season One of Jurassic Camp Cretaceous !
Jurassic Camp Cretaceous --the exciting new television series on Netflix--follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar--the home of the Jurassic World theme park. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded. Unable to reach the outside world, they'll need to go from strangers to friends to family if they're going to survive. This action-packed novelization expands on the amazing first season of Jurassic Camp Cretaceous and features eight pages of full color images and a poster!
Jurassic Camp Cretaceous --the exciting new television series on Netflix--follows a group of six teenagers chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime experience at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar--the home of the Jurassic World theme park. But when dinosaurs wreak havoc across the island, the campers are stranded. Unable to reach the outside world, they'll need to go from strangers to friends to family if they're going to survive. This action-packed novelization expands on the amazing first season of Jurassic Camp Cretaceous and features eight pages of full color images and a poster!
144 pages, Hardcover
First published September 22, 2020
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November 24, 2020
My grandson liked it. Apparently, was faithful to the Netflix series of the same name.
July 17, 2022
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous The Deluxe Junior Novelization Vol.1 by Steve Behling, is a Novelization based on the Netflix Original TV show “Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous.” – Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous The Junior Novel takes the entire first season of the smash hit Netflix Jurassic Park spin-off show and condenses it down to a short 140 pages of pretty straightforward prose.
Set 22 years after the Jurassic Park incident on Isla Nublar. A new theme park has been built on the island called Jurassic World. When six lucky teenagers are chosen to be the first to experience the parks newest addition a youth adventure camp called Camp Cretaceous. As the various teens enjoy the camp. On the other side of the island a dangerous prototype genetic hybrid dinosaur escapes its cage, and starts to wreak havoc on the island. Left stranded at their camp the six teens will have to pull together in order to survive.
There isn’t a lot of what I would call “new” in The Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Junior Novelization Vol.1, but as it stands it might be a terrific introduction for kids of a certain age to get into the idea of reading Jurassic Park books instead of limited themselves to consuming the enduring dinosaur thriller franchise via more visual media like movies or TV. For me as an adult reader. I enjoyed plowing through a recap of season one chapter-by-chapter, episode-by-episode as the various teens from different backgrounds who really didn’t like each other, but eventually have to work together in order to survive the horrific events of the Jurassic World movie. I did learn a couple new character names and details here and there, but otherwise this story trods extremely familiar territory to anyone even casually familiar with the first season.
It is a little odd to present such a deliberately episodic narrative in this novelized format, especially with such a limited page count to play with: readers may find themselves experiencing whiplash as one adventure somewhat jarringly butts up against another as author Steve Behring faithfully adapts the often unrelated events of the first season in a straight sequence. I almost wonder if it would have benefitted the book to cut out some of the middle chapters and expand upon what we see in the more action packed episodes at the beginning and end of the season, as I did quite enjoy getting to experience what was going on inside some of the supporting characters’ heads from time to time.
Overall, As novelizations go, this is a fairly uncomplicated one, but at the same time it’s nice to have a new way to relive these stories again that doesn’t involve pressing play.
Set 22 years after the Jurassic Park incident on Isla Nublar. A new theme park has been built on the island called Jurassic World. When six lucky teenagers are chosen to be the first to experience the parks newest addition a youth adventure camp called Camp Cretaceous. As the various teens enjoy the camp. On the other side of the island a dangerous prototype genetic hybrid dinosaur escapes its cage, and starts to wreak havoc on the island. Left stranded at their camp the six teens will have to pull together in order to survive.
There isn’t a lot of what I would call “new” in The Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Junior Novelization Vol.1, but as it stands it might be a terrific introduction for kids of a certain age to get into the idea of reading Jurassic Park books instead of limited themselves to consuming the enduring dinosaur thriller franchise via more visual media like movies or TV. For me as an adult reader. I enjoyed plowing through a recap of season one chapter-by-chapter, episode-by-episode as the various teens from different backgrounds who really didn’t like each other, but eventually have to work together in order to survive the horrific events of the Jurassic World movie. I did learn a couple new character names and details here and there, but otherwise this story trods extremely familiar territory to anyone even casually familiar with the first season.
It is a little odd to present such a deliberately episodic narrative in this novelized format, especially with such a limited page count to play with: readers may find themselves experiencing whiplash as one adventure somewhat jarringly butts up against another as author Steve Behring faithfully adapts the often unrelated events of the first season in a straight sequence. I almost wonder if it would have benefitted the book to cut out some of the middle chapters and expand upon what we see in the more action packed episodes at the beginning and end of the season, as I did quite enjoy getting to experience what was going on inside some of the supporting characters’ heads from time to time.
Overall, As novelizations go, this is a fairly uncomplicated one, but at the same time it’s nice to have a new way to relive these stories again that doesn’t involve pressing play.
February 6, 2021
Faithful to the show!
The title is a perfect description of this book. The only thing that hurts it, is that the show gives even more descriptions than the book. Now I know it's a Junior novelization, but I would have loved a bit more description of the virtual reality game scene than what was written. Other than that it was a perfect rendition of the story giving us a bit more of each character's thoughts.
3.0 out of 5 stars.
The title is a perfect description of this book. The only thing that hurts it, is that the show gives even more descriptions than the book. Now I know it's a Junior novelization, but I would have loved a bit more description of the virtual reality game scene than what was written. Other than that it was a perfect rendition of the story giving us a bit more of each character's thoughts.
3.0 out of 5 stars.
January 26, 2021
Loved it! Love the show & the book!
January 11, 2025
★4,5
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1. Penjelasan tambahan di novel ini membantuku lebih mengerti apa yang sedang terjadi dalam adegan itu. Misalnya, kalau di TV series cuman diperlihatkan dua tokoh saling berpandangan, nah, di novelnya dikasih keterangan kenapa mereka melakukan itu.
2. Ceritanya seru dan disampaikan dengan ringan. Untuk bisa selamat, mereka harus berusaha keras. Seingatku, enggak ada keberuntungan yang mudah didapatkan di sini.
3. Ilustrasi bagus dan menarik banget. Salah satu ilustrasi, yaitu Brachiosaurus di dekat markas Camp Cretaceous, berhasil meyakinkanku bahwa dia yang menghancurkan penginapan itu (yang selama ini membuatku bertanya-tanya karena Indominus rex enggak setinggi itu).
4. Suatu permulaan bagus dari series yang ikonis.
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1. Pertanyaan:
(1) So, siapa yang merusak gerbang yang memisahkan kandang Parasaurolophuses dengan kandang Mosasaurus?
(2) Masa enggak ada gerbang yang memisahkan terowongan pemeliharaan dengan taman terbuka? Itu tempat penting, masa staff enggak takut kalau bahkan dinosaurus sebesar Carnotaurus bisa masuk ke sana? Well, ada sih gerbang buat keadaan darurat di mana-mana, tapi masa di tempat dinosaurus bisa masuk enggak dikasih gerbang sih?
2. Ada beberapa adegan dari TV series yang enggak dimasukkan. Kalau mengejar jumlah halaman, kenapa yang satu paragraf satu kalimat enggak digabung saja dengan paragraf atas atau bawahnya supaya bisa menampung adegan-adegan lain yang sebenarnya bisa menambah kelucuan, drama, atau bahkan penguat karakter tokoh? Well, seenggaknya mereka enggak semenyebalkan seperti yang di TV series.
➕️
1. Penjelasan tambahan di novel ini membantuku lebih mengerti apa yang sedang terjadi dalam adegan itu. Misalnya, kalau di TV series cuman diperlihatkan dua tokoh saling berpandangan, nah, di novelnya dikasih keterangan kenapa mereka melakukan itu.
2. Ceritanya seru dan disampaikan dengan ringan. Untuk bisa selamat, mereka harus berusaha keras. Seingatku, enggak ada keberuntungan yang mudah didapatkan di sini.
3. Ilustrasi bagus dan menarik banget. Salah satu ilustrasi, yaitu Brachiosaurus di dekat markas Camp Cretaceous, berhasil meyakinkanku bahwa dia yang menghancurkan penginapan itu (yang selama ini membuatku bertanya-tanya karena Indominus rex enggak setinggi itu).
4. Suatu permulaan bagus dari series yang ikonis.
➖️
1. Pertanyaan:
(1) So, siapa yang merusak gerbang yang memisahkan kandang Parasaurolophuses dengan kandang Mosasaurus?
(2) Masa enggak ada gerbang yang memisahkan terowongan pemeliharaan dengan taman terbuka? Itu tempat penting, masa staff enggak takut kalau bahkan dinosaurus sebesar Carnotaurus bisa masuk ke sana? Well, ada sih gerbang buat keadaan darurat di mana-mana, tapi masa di tempat dinosaurus bisa masuk enggak dikasih gerbang sih?
2. Ada beberapa adegan dari TV series yang enggak dimasukkan. Kalau mengejar jumlah halaman, kenapa yang satu paragraf satu kalimat enggak digabung saja dengan paragraf atas atau bawahnya supaya bisa menampung adegan-adegan lain yang sebenarnya bisa menambah kelucuan, drama, atau bahkan penguat karakter tokoh? Well, seenggaknya mereka enggak semenyebalkan seperti yang di TV series.
May 16, 2024
"Camp Cretaceious, Volume One" by Steve Behling is the novelization of Season One of the junior adventures of six youth who are the first to be brought to the newest addition to Jurassic World- A camp for youth. The first six are a diverse group of individuals. Evenly divided of boys and girls. Early teens. From the studious/video gamer, Darius, to the athletic, Yaz, and others.
What the novel has is the breakneck pace of the hit TV series of dangerous and friendly dinosaurs, laboratory madman, and other assorted characters as the six teens discover themselves and build relationships, which is the strongest part of the series. The relationships between the six evolve and change over the first season. In the films of Jurassic World this aspect is sorely lacking because of the nature of big budget action/adventure/thriller productions nowadays.
Highly recommended to read. (BTW- there is a Youtube video which shows the timelines of Camp Cretaceous and Jurassic World film overlap.)
What the novel has is the breakneck pace of the hit TV series of dangerous and friendly dinosaurs, laboratory madman, and other assorted characters as the six teens discover themselves and build relationships, which is the strongest part of the series. The relationships between the six evolve and change over the first season. In the films of Jurassic World this aspect is sorely lacking because of the nature of big budget action/adventure/thriller productions nowadays.
Highly recommended to read. (BTW- there is a Youtube video which shows the timelines of Camp Cretaceous and Jurassic World film overlap.)
May 18, 2021
Love this book and Netflix series so much. I can't even explain in words how much I love it. It's action and adventure-packed. It's intense but goofy. You get to meet 6 awesome campers, Darius, Brooklynn, Yasmina, Sammy, Kenji, and Ben. All with different personalities that may cause tension between them, but you can't hold grudges forever when you tare rapped on a dinosaur-filled island.
March 23, 2022
Love these junior novels but I just wish the author would convey the inner monologue of each character with some zest. It's third person sure but there are ways that the author can be 4th dimensional in a book by allowing the viewer or reader to understand what's happening and how the characters are interpreting it. Anyway, the book was fine. I still enjoyed it. And now let's watch the show.
April 12, 2021
Volume One covers the entire first season of the animated TV show. The six kids who get to try out the camp end up getting stranded among escaped dinosaurs. Lots of action, but a very basic writing style. Nice packaging, though.
April 8, 2023
This was a pretty decent middle grade book. I love dinosaurs so will read anything dinosaur related. Middle grade kids i think for sure will love it. It was a quick read and lots of action and plenty of dinos including an adorable baby dino. It even has pics of the characters and dinosaurs in it.
June 9, 2021
Evading Extinction
Survival is the key here where adventure goes beyond learning how to start a campfire or make a bracelet.
Survival is the key here where adventure goes beyond learning how to start a campfire or make a bracelet.
January 15, 2022
I liked it but they left out a few tiny details, I like tiny details in books that are from movies, but still this was a good book, excited to read the 2nd book.
June 17, 2022
I really like reading the Camp Cretaceous books. They're really entertaining and action-filled. The show is really great too. I hope they make more seasons for this show and more books.
March 16, 2023
My 9 year old and I have been reading this series. It follows the tv show pretty much to the dot. It's a good read.
July 18, 2023
This was a good novelization of a great series on Netflix. Characterization of characters great like the show.
September 3, 2024
So much fun!
January 8, 2022
Love this show
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