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Ninja Kid #9
Ninja Kid 9: Ninja Fish!
There's tickets to the amazing new aquarium up for grabs and Nelson and Kenny need to swim to win! But their swimming is so bad, they belong in the kiddie pool! Can Grandma's latest awesome invention help turn these ninja flops into ninja fish?!
- GenresChildrens
192 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2022
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About the author
Anh Do
186 books456 followersAnh Do is a comedian, artist and also one of the highest selling Australian authors of all time, with total book sales approaching 3 million.
Anh’s first book, The Happiest Refugee, is his enormously popular memoir recounting his perilous childhood journey in a tiny boat from war-torn Vietnam to Australia. The book became an instant hit and has won numerous awards including Australian Book of the Year.
Anh has since turned his attention to children’s book writing.
Weird Do is an illustrated series starring Weir (1st name), Do (2nd name), a kid with a very unfortunate name. Aimed at the 8+ market, these books have gone off the charts as national best-sellers, resulting in 14 books total and more on the way. The first Weir Do won the Australian Book Industry Award for Older Children (2014).
Other children's book series include Hotdog, the adventures of a sausage dog and also Ninja Kid, the escapades of a 10 year old Nerd who discovers he’s the world’s last ninja.
In 2019, Anh released Wolf Girl, a series about a little girl who gets lost in forest and befriends a group of dogs and an enormous Wolf who become her family. Then came Rise of the Mythix, which marks the first of a number of sagas described by Anh as ‘A superhero movie in a book’.
All of Anh Do’s books are mega bestsellers and all rate between 4-5 star averages on websites such as Goodreads and Amazon.
It’s clear that Anh is an exciting voice in literature, able to delight across age ranges and different genres with great success, and he isn’t planning to slow down any time soon.
Anh’s first book, The Happiest Refugee, is his enormously popular memoir recounting his perilous childhood journey in a tiny boat from war-torn Vietnam to Australia. The book became an instant hit and has won numerous awards including Australian Book of the Year.
Anh has since turned his attention to children’s book writing.
Weird Do is an illustrated series starring Weir (1st name), Do (2nd name), a kid with a very unfortunate name. Aimed at the 8+ market, these books have gone off the charts as national best-sellers, resulting in 14 books total and more on the way. The first Weir Do won the Australian Book Industry Award for Older Children (2014).
Other children's book series include Hotdog, the adventures of a sausage dog and also Ninja Kid, the escapades of a 10 year old Nerd who discovers he’s the world’s last ninja.
In 2019, Anh released Wolf Girl, a series about a little girl who gets lost in forest and befriends a group of dogs and an enormous Wolf who become her family. Then came Rise of the Mythix, which marks the first of a number of sagas described by Anh as ‘A superhero movie in a book’.
All of Anh Do’s books are mega bestsellers and all rate between 4-5 star averages on websites such as Goodreads and Amazon.
It’s clear that Anh is an exciting voice in literature, able to delight across age ranges and different genres with great success, and he isn’t planning to slow down any time soon.
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April 25, 2022
Nelson and Kenny really want to visit the aquarium but the tickets are too expensive. It’s a good thing that the prize for the top four finalists at the regional swimming carnival are free tickets for their entire class. But the only thing that Nelson and Kenny excel at in a pool are belly flops. It’s a good thing Grandma is still an inventor! But it can’t be that easy, can it?
Random thoughts I had while reading this book that I doubt I would have had as a kid:
🦑 Had I already figured out that Dr Kane is Grandma’s son? Has sleep deprivation messed with my powers of deduction so much that I hadn’t connected the dots before or has it made me forget that I already knew this? Also, poor Grandma, having to live with the fact that one of her sons is a psychopath and the other is under their control.
🦑 If spoilt rotten bully and all round irritating human being Charles is such a good swimmer, wouldn’t it have been easier to let him win all of the events at the school carnival so he could represent the school at the Regional Finals? Nelson and Kenny’s class would have benefited, no matter who won the prize.
🦑 They made a pool out of an old sardine can? I hope it was cleaned really well first or that water’s going to smell terrible.
🦑 Toot is the cutest baby turtle I’ve ever seen. I wonder if his parents would mind if I adopted him?
🦑 Where’s Dr Kane? Shouldn’t he have shown up by now? Oh, there he is.
🦑 Hold on, when did they get a dog? Did I forget that too? [Gets to the end of the book and sees the list of books in the series] Oh, I missed one! How did I miss one? [Orders book 8 from the library]
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Random thoughts I had while reading this book that I doubt I would have had as a kid:
🦑 Had I already figured out that Dr Kane is Grandma’s son? Has sleep deprivation messed with my powers of deduction so much that I hadn’t connected the dots before or has it made me forget that I already knew this? Also, poor Grandma, having to live with the fact that one of her sons is a psychopath and the other is under their control.
🦑 If spoilt rotten bully and all round irritating human being Charles is such a good swimmer, wouldn’t it have been easier to let him win all of the events at the school carnival so he could represent the school at the Regional Finals? Nelson and Kenny’s class would have benefited, no matter who won the prize.
🦑 They made a pool out of an old sardine can? I hope it was cleaned really well first or that water’s going to smell terrible.
🦑 Toot is the cutest baby turtle I’ve ever seen. I wonder if his parents would mind if I adopted him?
🦑 Where’s Dr Kane? Shouldn’t he have shown up by now? Oh, there he is.
🦑 Hold on, when did they get a dog? Did I forget that too? [Gets to the end of the book and sees the list of books in the series] Oh, I missed one! How did I miss one? [Orders book 8 from the library]
Blog - https://schizanthusnerd.com
February 25, 2022
More fun as Nelson, Kenny and their friends tackle the school swimming sports and a giant squid with the help of grandma's crazy inventions and even their new dog.
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July 17, 2022i skipped abit of the series but a fake octopus what!!!
June 28, 2023
3.5 stars. Kenny made me LOL with one of his lines in this one. Ninja kid series, you can count on it as being a well written fun read.
I love how everything is earned. It makes for a satisfying turn of events. Before the kids got to see the giant squid they had to go through a series of success and failures. Even the little details of Kenny hesitating to go up the ladder made their dive more impactful.
It’s the attention to small details like this that make the characters and story more engaging, like when they made a pool out of a giant sardine can filled with rainwater because, of course, they are not rich and live in a scrapyard.
I love how everything is earned. It makes for a satisfying turn of events. Before the kids got to see the giant squid they had to go through a series of success and failures. Even the little details of Kenny hesitating to go up the ladder made their dive more impactful.
It’s the attention to small details like this that make the characters and story more engaging, like when they made a pool out of a giant sardine can filled with rainwater because, of course, they are not rich and live in a scrapyard.
September 23, 2025
This is a convoluted story. They’re training to win the swimming competition to win tickets for their class to the aquarium but they cheat and lose at the finals when they could’ve got their faster friend to win.
Then they put on a pet show to earn money from the school community to go to the aquarium only to find that it’s not all it seems to be.
Dr Kane doesn’t have any reason to be at the aquarium.
Bizarre but readable for kids.
Then they put on a pet show to earn money from the school community to go to the aquarium only to find that it’s not all it seems to be.
Dr Kane doesn’t have any reason to be at the aquarium.
Bizarre but readable for kids.
June 28, 2023
Ninja Kid is great book for children from the ages of 7+
I grabbed this for my son when it was first out and recommended at QBD.
My son adored it! so I thought I would give it a quick read myself!
Its very very funny!
the language level is great for children to practice or learn new words.
Highly recommend.
I grabbed this for my son when it was first out and recommended at QBD.
My son adored it! so I thought I would give it a quick read myself!
Its very very funny!
the language level is great for children to practice or learn new words.
Highly recommend.
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January 6, 2025
This series continues to delight mid to upper elementary level readers. Nelson and Kenny want to win the regional swimming championship so their class can go to the incredible aquarium for free. I'm not fond of the cheating message in how they win their school races but the same invention helps them defeat Dr. Kane at the aquarium.
December 13, 2022
How awesome are the adventures of Ninja Kid and H-Dude. Such a great series for children who love reading.
February 6, 2023
Mr 7 enjoyed. Fun story about the squid
April 4, 2023
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April 20, 2023
I am so bored. My kids love them, especially when I read the books with voices and make fun of the characters. They love reading them.
August 3, 2023
My favourite part about this book was when nelson was swimming in the aquarium and he saw a turtle.
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August 13, 2023
O carte care o să te impresioneze de la prima pagină! O recomand tuturor copiilor care vor o carte mai usoară de citit!
June 28, 2023
3.5 stars. Kenny made me LOL with one of his lines in this one. Ninja kid series, you can count on it as being a well written fun read.
I love how everything is earned. It makes for a satisfying turn of events. Before the kids got to see the giant squid they had to go through a series of success and failures. Even the little details of Kenny hesitating to go up the ladder made their dive more impactful.
It’s the attention to small details like this that make the characters and story more engaging, like when they made a pool out of a giant sardine can filled with rainwater because, of course, they are not rich and live in a scrapyard.
I love how everything is earned. It makes for a satisfying turn of events. Before the kids got to see the giant squid they had to go through a series of success and failures. Even the little details of Kenny hesitating to go up the ladder made their dive more impactful.
It’s the attention to small details like this that make the characters and story more engaging, like when they made a pool out of a giant sardine can filled with rainwater because, of course, they are not rich and live in a scrapyard.
December 26, 2022
¿A qué niño no le gustan las historias de superheroes? Y más si los protagonistas son niños como ellos con los que se pueden identificar fácilmente, porque estos dos no son los típicos ninjas perfectos. Ellos son patosos, con sus defectos como cualquiera y con una vida de lo más común cuando no hay acción de por medio. Si a eso le sumas el gran misterio que envuelve a la familia de Nelson (su padre desapareció misteriormente y todos sospechan que su malvado hermano gemelo lo tiene hipnotizado) y una súper abuela molona que inventa los artilugios más disparatados, ya tienes el cóctel perfecto.
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