The Croods. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Croods
Tracey West, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Kirk DeMicco, Chris Sanders, 2013

A cave family called the Croods survives a natural disaster, due to the overprotective nature of their stubborn patriarch Grug. One night, while her family is asleep, Eep sneaks out when she sees what she discovers to be a torch of fire, and she encounters an inventive modern human boy named Guy and his pet sloth Belt.


Kung Fu Panda 2. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kung Fu Panda 2: The Novel
Tracey West, 2011
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2011

The Peacock rulers of Gongmen City invent fireworks, but their son Lord Shen puts the gunpowder to evil use. Overhearing a prophecy that a warrior of black and white will defeat him if he continues, Shen kills all the giant pandas he can find, and is banished by his parents. Some decades later, Shen and his wolf army start to raid villages for scrap metal.


Kung Fu Panda 3. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Kung Fu Panda 3: Movie Novelization
Tracey West, 2016
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2016

In the spirit realm, Oogway fights against his old comrade turned adversary, Kai, a spirit warrior yak, who has defeated all the other kung fu masters in the realm and taken their chi. However, Kai wanted the power for himself and tried to steal the pandas’ chi, forcing Oogway to banish him to the spirit realm by ending his life.


The Peanuts Movie. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Peanuts Movie
Tracey West, 2015
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Steve Martino, 2015

When the Little Red-Haired Girl moves into his neighborhood, Charlie Brown becomes infatuated with her, though worries his long-running streak of failures will prevent her from noticing him. However, when he goes to accept a medal at a school assembly, he learns the test papers are accidentally mixed up and the perfect score actually belongs to Peppermint Patty; Charlie Brown reveals the mistake and declines the medal, losing all his new-found popularity.


Abominable. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Abominable
Tracey West, 2019
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jill Culton, Todd Wilderman, 2019

A young Yeti escapes from a compound in Shanghai owned by wealthy businessman Mr. Burnish, who intends to use him to prove the existence of yetis to the world. Meanwhile, teenager Yi lives with her mother and Nai Nai in an apartment building. She lives a busy life and neglects to spend time with her family and her friends, basketball fan Peng and his tech-savvy and popular cousin Jin.


Penguins of Madagascar. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Penguins of Madagascar
Tracey West, 2014
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith, 2014

Prior to the events of the first film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski are chicks in a penguin colony in Antarctica. After the events of the third film, Skipper, Rico, and Kowalski celebrate Private’s birthday by breaking into Fort Knox, to get Cheesy Dibbles from a vending machine, though what Private really wants is to no longer be considered a mascot but a member of the team.


Hairspray. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hairspray: The Novel
Tracey West, 2007
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Adam Shankman, 2007

In 1962, Tracy Turnblad is a 16-year-old heavyset high school student living in Baltimore. Along with her best friend, Tracy regularly watches The Corny Collins Show, a local teen dance television show. The teenagers who dance on the show attend Tracy and Penny’s high school, including Amber von Tussle and her boyfriend Link Larkin, the lead dancers.


Smallfoot. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Smallfoot
Tracey West, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig, 2018

A village of Yetis lives in isolation on the top of a mountain in the Himalayas, above the clouds and hidden away from sight. Migo is a yeti who abides by the law of the ancient stones held by the Stonekeeper, the yetis’ leader. Migo witnesses a plane crash and finds a smallfoot, whom the yetis believe is mythical.


Turbo. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Turbo Junior Novelization
Tracey West, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
David Soren, 2013

In a suburban San Fernando Valley tomato garden in Los Angeles, Theo, self-named Turbo, is a garden snail who dreams of being the greatest racer in the world, just like his hero, five-time Indy 500 champion Guy Gagné. However, his first attempt to try out his new powers ends with him crashing a boy’s tricycle into the garden in which many other snails work, resulting in him and Chet getting fired from the garden crew.


The Boss Baby. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Boss Baby Junior Novelization
Tracey West, 2017
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tom McGrath, 2017

A man named Tim Templeton tells a story about his imaginative seven-year-old self and his parents, Ted and Janice. Seeing an opportunity to get rid of him, Tim decides to use a cassette tape to record a conversation between Boss Baby and other toddlers who are at Tim’s house for a meeting, under the guise of a play date in the eyes of the parents.


Journey to the Center of the Earth. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D: The Novel
Tracey West, 2008
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Eric Brevig, 2008

Trevor Anderson is a Bostonian volcanologist whose nephew, Sean, is supposed to spend ten days with him. When Sean’s mother drops him off, she leaves Trevor with a box of items that belonged to Max, Trevor’s brother and Sean’s father, who disappeared years before. Trevor goes to his laboratory to find out more about the notes.


Independence Day: Resurgence. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Independence Day Resurgence
Tracey West, 2016
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Roland Emmerich, 2016

Twenty years after the devastating interstellar war against alien invaders, the United Nations has founded the Earth Space Defense, a global defense and research program that reverse-engineers alien technology and serves as Earth’s early warning system against extraterrestrial threats. It is revealed that people such as former U.S. President Thomas Whitmore, Dr. Brackish Okun, and Umbutu are telepathically linked to the aliens’ collective consciousness, following personal encounters, and have visions of an unidentified spherical object.