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Worf's First Adventure by [Peter David, James Fry]

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Cadet Worf arrives at Starfleet AcademyTM as the first Klingon to gain entrance since the Federation-Klingon, Peace Treaty. Raised on Earth by human parents, Worf wonders whether he is still a Klingon, the proud member of an honorable warrior race, or is he more human?

Command-level classes fill his schedule, but nothing prepares him for his fellow cadets, among them his human foster brother. Intelligent, ambitious, and confident, the Academy cadets make life difficult for the young warrior. Worf must win over his classmates -- including the always logical Vulcans and the fierce Brikar -- even though they are still trained to think of him as the enemy.

Then a routine trip to a training satellite turns into an unexpected disaster, and Worf must unite the cadets and risk his life before a terrible accident destroys the entire mission.

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10 - 14 years
Print length

119 pages
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English
Grade level

5 - 9
Publisher

Aladdin
Publication date

June 25, 2008
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978-0671870843
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Peter David is a prolific writer whose career, and continued popularity, spans more than twenty-five years. He has worked in every conceivable media—television, film, books (fiction, nonfiction, and audio), short stories, and comic books—and acquired followings in all of them.

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Gr. 5-9. From birth, Brikars are taught to mistrust and despise Klingons. Klingons are taught to react to taunts and threats with physical force. When Brikar Zak and Klingon Worf meet on arrival at Starfleet Academy, it takes only minutes for a fight to break out. The Admiral assigns them to the same room, telling them to resign, get along, or get expelled if they fight again. Too proud to resign and too stubborn to get along, they just manage to avoid fighting while defying each other on every occasion. The story details the demands of the academy, Worf's difficulties in adjusting socially, and his brother's academic and psychological problems. An exciting and apparently fatal battle finally makes clear to the cadets what it takes to serve as an officer in the Federation. Although the message of tolerance is explicit, the plot is taut and the characters intriguing enough to hold the interest of confirmed Trekies and probably entice new members to that group. A good start to a new series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Sheilamae O'Hara --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003CTEFPC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aladdin; 1st edition (June 25, 2008)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 25, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4032 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 119 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

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Peter David is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the incredibly popular New Frontier series. In addition, he has also written dozens of other books, including his acclaimed original novel, Sir Apropos of Nothing, and its sequel, The Woad to Wuin. David is also well known for his comic book work, particularly his award-winning run on The Incredible Hulk. He recently authored the novelizations of both the Spider-Man and Hulk motion pictures.He lives in New York.

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CAlexander

Review of Worf's First Adventure

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2013

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For all Star Tek lovers! This book about Worf's early life, his disappointments, his expectations, his pride, all make him the Worf we have come to love and respect. I really loved this little book. My only regret is that it was too short. I expected more from Peter David. But, I imagine when his hands are into almost everything, I should be grateful for this tidbit.

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Patrick Rott

Another fine David yarn

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2015

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Great entry level story into the Trek universe. David never disappoints. Alonso serves as a necessary prequel to the New Frontier series.

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Reviewer A. Wren

Worf's first few weeks at Starfleet

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2012

I love Star Trek, I love Worf, and I love the idea of learning about these fantastic characters' early stages at Starfleet!

Worf's First Adventure is just that -- this slim, 115 page book covers the first few weeks of Worf's time at the Academy, his relationship with his brother, and the discrimination he faces being the first Klingon ever to enter the Academy.

There's some fantastic elements at play here, and some really wonderful points made. But that said, this book fell fairly flat for me. I found it too thin (plot-wise, not physically), not detailed enough, and instead of digging deeper it was a tad repetitive for such a slim book.

It's odd, because I so LOVED Peter David's other Star Trek work I read: Strike Zone. I felt David did a great job digging into the details, the characters, the concepts and the morality of the issues. I even thought his characterization was more on point than it felt here sometimes.

All that said, I did enjoy this book and given how short these are will probably read the next book in the series as some point. But, I'm more likely to pick up a non-Academy book next instead.

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Troy hat

Surprise! It's good!

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2008

I didn't expect much from this book, since it was aimed at young readers, but decided to buy it anyway since it was written by Peter David (one of my favorite authors).

Gene Roddenberry used each episode of Star Trek to tell a morality tale, and Peter David followed that same path. He did not "dumb down" the story just to please his youth market. Instead we find a story that tackles issues of race, prejudice, distrust of the enemy, and even a little sibling rivalry. This story may only be 133 pages, but it goes far deeper than its short length suggests.

If Star Trek TNG were still an active show, this story would make an excellent "flashback" episode..... and most likely become one of the fan favorites.

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Grenadier

New Frontier fans, take note

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2000

This series of 3 Young Adult books detail Worf's days at Starfleet Academy.
They are more notable to fans of the current Trek books though because they introduced us to several characters who reappear as part of Peter David's NEW FRONTIER series of Trek novels.
For the first time, meet Mark McHenry, Soleta, and Zak Kebron, and see what they were like in the years before they served Mac Calhoun on the Excalibur.

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Ichirou Ohgami

Marvelous

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2001

Peter David's writing is fantastic and James Fry's artwork is beautiful.
All of this make a story. On the other hand, this bookis only the beginning of Worf's story. I really can imagine what Worf's Academy days like thanks to this book.

3 people found this helpful

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delivers

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2008

We get a chance to think and feel like a young alien
who overcomes prejudice.
Written for younger readers , the book is at least as good as
the adult Star Trek series books.

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F. Lohrengel

Peter David's books can't be bad!

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2001

Even if meant for kids, this is a very nice books. And if you're planning to read Peter David's "New Frontier" books (or if you alread read them!), make sure to read these 3 books (this is only the first part) and re-discover some of the characters
Anyway, your really can NOT go wrong with any book by Peter David.

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