Karate Kid

by Bonnie Bryant Hiller

Book Overview

A boy's friendship with an elderly Oriental man helps the boy build enough self-confidence and strength to overcome the violent resentment he faces from a bully at his new school This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590404695
• ISBN13: 9780590404693
• Release Date: July 1984
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Request...

This is actually a request, not a review.... I am deperately looking for 25 copies of the Karate Kid book. I need them for a 7th grade English class. I have ALWAYS loved this movie, and would love to share the story with a group of middle school students..Especially now that a new remake of the Karate Kid will be out in theaters this summer, which looks AWESOME!!! So again, I am looking for 25 copies of the book, The Karate Kid by B.B. Hiller in good condition. If anyone knows where I can find this please respond to this thread or send me an email at [...] Thanks!!!

Karate Kid

It starts when Daniel the main character move from his old home in Newark. Then he meets this girl named Ali and her old boyfriend starts to pick on Daniel and Ali. Then Daniel gets into a fight with Ali's old Boyfriend and gets his butt kicked because her old boyfriend Knows Karate. Then Daniel goes and gets his bike and sees that his bike is destroyed by Ali's old boyfriend. Then in the Morning Daniel finds his bike outside all fixed up and ask his mom if she fixed it and she said no and then Daniel asked Mr. Miyagi and then Daniel tells him how got broke and Mr. Miyagi said he would teach Karate to Daniel. You have to read the rest to find out what happens next. I liked the whole book my favorite part is when Daniel learns how to do Karate. I really did not have any dislikes because the whole book because I liked the book. People that like action and fighting books this would be the perfect book for you. Also if you like passionate novels this would be a good love story and if you like books that people play pranks this would be a good book for you. I can't match this book with any other book but Artimis-fowl because they are both action adventure and they are very good books.

The Karate Kid

This book has many good points. one good point is the depth of the characters. The characters also have many emotions. It also has great action sequences, and the story was all in all good. The book does not explain minnor details real good. I recomend it to anyone who has not seen the movie version of this book.

The Book Was Great

I think anyone between ages 12 to 112 would like this book. Its great and has stuff that the movie didn't. It was the type of book that you couldn't just read a chapter. You had the read on to find out what happened next. It's kinda exciting for someone who has never seen the movie. Dizmist Rage Is The Greatest Band In The World. -Mark "T.C.O" McMahon -Dizmist Rage

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid is a book that people need to read. Despite having a slightly corny storyline, I thoughouly enjoyed reading it. It ahs all the elements that make a good book. There is the hilarity of Mr. Miyagi, the love story of Ali and Daniel, and the conflict between Daniel and Johnny. The basic storyline here is that Daniel, the main character, moves reluctantly with his mother, Lucille, to California. On his second day there he meets and falls in love with a girl named Ali. He then gets in a fight with his new nemisis Johnny. Throughout the course of the book, Daniek and Johnny are fighting, Ali and Daniel have their ups and downs, and all this leads up to a karate tournament. While all this is happening Daniel meets a funny little old man named Mr. Miyagi who will eventually teach Daniel karate, among other things. This book is packed full of fun and no one should skip reading it.