King of the Monsters

by Troy Denning and Scott Ciencin

Inspired by the 1954 movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters, this middle-grade novel recounts Godzilla's first appearance and treats readers to the story of his origins. Legends say twentieth century... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679882200
• ISBN13: 9780679882206
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

my fav book

I bought this book in 4th grade and i still love to read it. Godzilla gets a scorpion freind. He also gains 2 enemies, a giant spider and 2 giant praying mantises. If you like godzilla then this is the book you want to read.

This book does an excellent job of portraying Godzilla.

"Godzilla Invades America" is a neat represantation of the Godzilla universe. This is the first Random House Godzilla novel to feature other monsters. Scott Ciencin writes the Kamarucas (Gimantis) and Kumonga (Spegia) monsters very closely to their movie incarnations. An interesting occurence in the book has Kamaracuras carrying Kumonga as they fly away to escape their battles with Godzilla and the giant scorpion. This is strange because in "Son of Godzilla", Kumonga tries to paralyze and eat Kamaracuras. Another intriguing point in this book is Godzilla making friends with the giant scorpion. In "Godzilla King of the Monsters", the book, Godzilla dreams about himself playing with his Godzillasuarus friends. Obviously, he still wishes to play because after a small battle, the two quickly become pals. This book is worth reading because it has a lot of great moments in it when Godzilla fights his monster foes.

A great book

I loved that book. I was so into it. I love all the monsters and ants part was so neat.

This book is great for adventure and excitement!

In the Nevada desert an experiment goes terribly wrong! A scorpion is mutated into a behemoth Scorpion! Meanwhile, Godzilla is rising from the Pacific Ocean! Tomo is a boy from Japan. Everybody thinks he dresses funny. He has some sort of connection with animals. Something is pushing Godzilla on, voices inside him. When he sees Tomo he feels peace. Godzilla and the scorpion become friends and fight a behemoth spider and praying mantis. I really like the action and the humor. My favorite character is Hiro, a military scientist. The book ends when Hiro descovers a nest, but all he finds are truck-sized eggshells and cracked cocoons! By Alexander d'Auteuil

PREETy good

A bit chidish but very good and beeter than his first.