Pokémon Chapter Books

The Pokémon Chapter Books are a series of novels based on that were first released from 1999 to 2002. There are 28 books in the series. Several different authors have written books in this series, including Tracey West, Jennifer L. Johnson, Howard Dewin, and Sheila Sweeny. The books were originally written in English, although have been translated to many other languages.
Most of the books are novelizations of episodes of Pokémon the Series, but two of the books have original plots: Race to Danger and Talent Showdown. The books are based on episodes from the first three seasons of Pokémon the Series: Indigo League, Adventures in the Orange Islands, and The Johto Journeys.
The original printing of these books have a distinctive design, with a blurb on the back which consists of a black box with text and several circles featuring different species of Pokémon on its rim. Books in this series usually have a Pikachu next to the page number on each page, except Team Rocket Blasts Off! which instead has in the corner of the pages.
==Books in this series==
===Original series===
Number	Cover	Title 	ISBN	Release date 	Author
1 	 	 	 	July 1999 	Tracey West
2 	 	 	 	July 1999 	Tracey West
3 	 	 	 	September 1999	Tracey West
4 	 	Night in the Haunted Tower 	 	October 1999 	Tracey West
5 	 	Team Rocket Blasts Off! 	 	January 2000 	Tracey West
6 	 	Charizard, Go! 	 	February 2000 	Tracey West
7 	 	Splashdown in Cerulean City 	 	March 2000 	Tracey West
8 	 	Return of the Squirtle Squad	 	April 2000 	Tracey West
===Orange Islands===
Number	Cover	Title 	ISBN	Release date 	Author
9 	 	Journey to the Orange Islands 	 	May 2000 	Tracey West
10 	 	Secret of the Pink Pokémon 	 	June 2000 	Tracey West
11 	 	The Four-Star Challenge 	 	August 2000 	Howard Dewin
12 	 	Scyther, Heart of a Champion 	 	August 2000 	Sheila Sweeny
13 	 	Race to Danger 	 	October 2000 	Tracey West
14 	 	Talent Showdown 	 	November 2000	Tracey West
15 	 	Psyduck Ducks Out 	 	December 2000	Jennifer L. Johnson
16 	 	Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium	 	January 2001 	Tracey West
===Johto Journeys===
Number	Cover	Title 	ISBN	Release date 	
17 	 	Go West, Young Ash 	 	February 2001 	Tracey West
18 	 	Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective	 	March 2001 	Tracey West
19 	 	Prepare for Trouble 	 	April 2001 	Tracey West
20 	 	Battle for the Zephyr Badge 	 	April 2001 	Jennifer L. Johnson
21 	 	The Chikorita Challenge 	 	June 2001 	Tracey West
22 	 	 	 	July 2001 	Jennifer L. Johnson
23 	 	Ash to the Rescue 	 	August 2001 	Tracey West
24 	 	Secrets of the GS Ball 	 	September 2001	Jennifer L. Johnson
25 	 	Prize Pokémon 	 	October 2001 	Sheila Sweeny
26 	 	Teaming Up With Totodile 	 	November 2001 	Tracey West
27 	 	Tough Enough 	 	2002 	Tracey West
28 	 	Winner Takes All 	 	July 2002 	Tracey West
==Series collections==
The eight Orange Island novelizations have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Classic Collection or Pokémon Master Collection (ISBN 9781338193091),Pokemon: Classic Chapter Book Collection by Sheila Sweeny;Howie Dewin;S. E. Heller;Tracey West - Boxed Set - The Parent Store which was released on November 1, 2016. Eight Johto Journeys novelizations from Go West, Young Ash to Secrets of the GS Ball have been collected as a boxed set with updated covers, titled Pokémon Adventure Collection (ISBN 9781338284003),Pokemon Adventure Collection (Books #9-16 Boxed Set) by - Boxed Set - The Parent Store which was released on April 1, 2017. They are also available in a 16-book collection known as Pokémon Essential Collection, which was released in December 2016.The Store - Pokemon Essential Collection - Pack - The Store
File:Pokemon Classic Collection.png|Pokémon Classic Collection
File:Pokémon Adventure Collection.png|Pokémon Adventure Collection
==In other languages==
The Pokémon Chapter Books are known to be translated into , , , , , n, , , , and .
File:Anime novelization Indonesia.png|Pokémon Chapter Books in Indonesian
==Trivia==
* The books were the first media to show having a , seen in Talent Showdown. However, he was also shown with a and a due to the author not actually knowing which one was his first partner Pokémon. Gary's actual first partner was not revealed until The Ties That Bind. Incidentally, the author also depicted Gary owning all the Pokémon he uses during his Champion battle from Pokémon Red and Blue versions except for and .
* The novel Race to Danger also states that rejoined Ash after his return from the Orange Islands. However, Pidgeot did not make any physical return appearances in the animated series until at the end of Ash's journey in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!, almost 23 years after the release of Race to Danger.
* At the beginning of most of the books, there are lyrics to various songs used in the series. In the books that show Pokémon Theme, the lyric given is "each Pokémon to understand the power that's inside". However, the actual lyric is "teach Pokémon to understand".
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