The Lego Movie. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The LEGO Movie: Junior Novel
Kate Howard, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, 2014

In a Lego universe populated by anthropomorphic minifigures, the wizard Vitruvius attempts to protect a superweapon called the “Kragle” from the evil Lord Business. He fails to do so, but prophesies that a person called “the Special” will find the Piece of Resistance capable of stopping the Kragle. Lord Business then kicks Vitruvius off of a cliff while saying the prophecy was fake.


Monsters University. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Monsters University: The Junior Novelization
Irene Trimble, 2013
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Dan Scanlon, 2013

Young Mike Wazowski aspires to become a Scarer – a monster who enters the human world at night to scare children and harvests their screams for energy – after visiting Monsters, Inc. (Monstropolis’ most profitable scaring company) on a school field trip.


Pacific Rim. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Pacific Rim
Alexander C. Irvine, 2013
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Guillermo del Toro, 2013

In 2013, an interdimensional portal called the Breach opens at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, from which giant monsters, the Kaiju, emerge, destroying various cities across the Pacific Rim. Each Jaeger is piloted by two to three pilots, who are mentally linked in a process called drifting to share the mental stress of piloting the machine.


The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Lego Movie 2: Junior Novel
Kate Howard, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Mike Mitchell, 2019

Shortly after the invasion led by Lord Business in which Emmet destroys the Kragle using the Piece of Resistance, Duplo aliens arrive in the Lego universe and threaten destruction. Emmet builds the aliens a heart as a token of friendship, but one eats it and demands more. Lucy and the Master Builders believe this to be an attack and retaliate, and the ensuing battle ravages Bricksburg.


Pacific Rim: Uprising. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Pacific Rim Uprising
Alexander C. Irvine, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Steven S. DeKnight, 2018

It is 2035, ten years after the Battle of the Breach, in which the interdimensional portal created by the Precursors was closed. Mako is due to deliver a final assessment to determine the approval of the drones at a PPDC council meeting in Sydney, but is killed by rogue Jaeger Obsidian Fury during an altercation with the latter and Gipsy Avenger, Jake and Nate’s Jaeger, before she can report.