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Minecraft Young Reader Level 3: The Build Battle

Name: Minecraft Young Reader Level 3: The Build Battle
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780008830052
Price: 14.99 NZD
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By Mojang AB

Series: Minecraft Young Readers

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Get ready to say hello to experienced Minecraft explorer Addie Venture, and go on a brand-new adventure in this Level 3 Young Reader! Explorer Addie Venture has achieved so much already, but there’s always something new to do in the world of Minecraft. As a challenge,... Read More

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Get ready to say hello to experienced Minecraft explorer Addie Venture, and go on a brand-new adventure in this Level 3 Young Reader!

ALL NEW, dive into reading with this fiction early reader, perfect for children aged 7, 8 and 9!

Description

Get ready to say hello to experienced Minecraft explorer Addie Venture, and go on a brand-new adventure in this Level 3 Young Reader!

Explorer Addie Venture has achieved so much already, but there’s always something new to do in the world of Minecraft. As a challenge, she decides to write a list of the trickiest and rarest things to find in 100 days! First on her list to find is a desert temple.

On her journey to finding the temple in a desert biome, she bumps into creative expert and moustached legend, Bill Ding! He challenges her to a building competition. But who will win? And will Addie ever find a desert temple?

This Young Reader includes:

A mixture of simple and more advanced sentence structures
A Minecraft glossary
Reading comprehension questions
Fun build ideas to try in-game!

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Minecraft Young Reader Level 3: The Build Battle

Get ready to say hello to experienced Minecraft explorer Addie Venture, and go on a brand-new adventure in this Level 3 Young Reader! Explorer Addie Venture has achieved so much already, but there’s always something new to do in the world of Minecraft. As a challenge, she decides to write a list of the trickiest and rarest things to find...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008830052

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 January 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Farshore

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 148.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Mojang is a games studio based in Stockholm, Sweden and was founded in 2009 by Markus Persson and Jakob Porser. Persson is also the creator of Mojang's best-selling game to date: Minecraft. The alpha version of Minecraft was launched in 2009, and the official game went on sale in 2011. Since then, over 350 million copies have been sold, making it the best-selling video game of all time. In 2025, Minecraft hit the big screen in a new movie starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black.

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