Once again, they are calling it a "junior novelization," which is a polite way of calling it a novella. That never bothered me. I want children to read more, and this is a good way to encourage it. Good on Disney for doing that. A broken clock is still right once a day.
The first book was almost perfectly beat for beat the entire film. This one has some differences, though. Although the writing is completely passable, some scenes I remembered fondly from the film just don't surface in the reading. The very end of the film was also missing, even though the set-up for it was still present. That was a shame. It makes the book feel rushed at the ending.
On the up-side, one changed scene was actually improved over the film. There was a scene in the movie where Nick and Nibbles are trying to break out of a prison. This caused a weird continuity problem later in the film, which I think a lot of people just forgave. In the book, these scene takes place in the back of an animal control vehicle that they were being transported in. It made more sense and probably should have been in the movie.
This is a perfectly acceptable novelization of the movie, even with its flaws. I would be silly not to recommend it to all the young readers out there. I had a lot of fun with it. Also if you missed my review of the movie, go see it if you can. It was very good.
This blog was written on January 21, 2026.
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