Steel is a strong and resistant type that can’t be poisoned by other Pokemon types. All these books have strong heroes and heroines that don’t let things get them down.

Mechanica

Nicolette is the Cinderella in this Cinderella story, only her awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica”.  The name fits though, her mother was an inventor and she is too, even though her mom is gone now. She’s got a life of servitude with her stepsisters.

However, life may have a few surprises left when Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her sixteenth birthday—and befriends Jules, a tiny magical metal horse. Nicolette starts to imagine a life beyond serving her stepsisters.

The timing is perfect there is technological exposition and a royal ball coming up, and Nicolette is going to invent her own happily ever after and wow the prince as well as the entrepreneurs as well.

Can Mechanica build a new life for herself or will she be stuck with the steps forever?

The Pokemon this book makes me think of is Magearna

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The reason Magearna reminded me of Mechanica is that it seems like something she would invent and it also kind of looks like it’s wearing a ball gown.

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Children of Refuge

It’s barely been a day since Edwy was returned to Cursed City where he was born from Fredtown where he was raised. Now he’s being shipped off again, smuggled to a boarding school in Refuge City. He’s there with his sister and brother, but they don’t even like him very much.

But his sister and brother start to warm up to him and teach him about some of the technology he missed out on during his upbringing and some of the histories he missed as well.

But when he learns the other children from Fredtown are still in Cursed City, he makes a plan to try and get back to them, will his brother and sister help or are they too caught up in their own lives?

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is:Melmetal

It reminds me of Melmetal because Refuge City is the most advanced city that the people on Edwy’s side have, but it’s still sort of thrown together compared to their enemies just like Melmetal is made of just nuts and bolts.

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Seafire

Caledonia Styx lost her family to the corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, now she’s out for revenge. But her course takes her over dangerous seas with her ship Mors Navis, and her crew of girls and women. Her crew is all like her, people who have lost their families because of the evil warlord.

Their armored ship keeps them alive but isn’t any match face to face with Aric Athair’s full armored fleet. After Caledonia’s best friend and second-in-command barely survive an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect.

Caledonia must question everything she knows and feels about the Bullets, for a chance to bring Athair down once and for all. But will this boy be the key to victory or threaten everything the Mors Navis has worked so hard to create?

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Aegislash

Aegislash reminds me of this book because it reminds me of their ship the Mors Navis because the ship is based on metal and can be both defensive and offensive.

Amazon: Seafire

The Icebreaker Trilogy

After her parents allegedly committed treason, twelve-year-old Petrel is an outcast. She doesn’t fit anywhere among the three warring tribes. They all live on an ancient icebreaker that has been following the same ocean course for three hundred years.

But things change for Petrel when a boy has discovered on a frozen iceberg and the crew is on alert. Petrel hides him hoping for a friend, but what Petrel doesn’t know is the ship holds a secret and her new friend has been sent to destroy it.

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is the: Registeel

Because the book deals with technological opinions on whether technology should play a role in society the book reminded me of the Pokemon who is kind of like a robot.

I also chose Registeel because it’s a legendary Pokemon and there is a very important piece of technology that comes up in the book.

Amazon: Icebreaker

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For this Pokemon type, I’m going to be a little bit more abstract, these are going to be books where the ground underneath the characters’ feet was shaken or taken from underneath them.

Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers

The Greystone kids thought they knew everything about their life and their mother. It’s just been the four of them after all. Chess has been a protector to his younger siblings, Emma, who loves math, and Finn who seem naive and loves being silly.

But things change when their mom finds a report of three kidnapped children with their exact names, first, middle, and last. They also share identical birthdays. Before they can ask their mom about all this she leaves them with a relative stranger Ms. Morales and her daughter Natalie. Their mom claims she’s going on a work trip but the kids don’t quite buy it.

But soon the kids discover clues that lead them to an even stranger mysteries. Ones with hidden rooms and ciphers, and things that will turn their whole world upside down.

Amazon: The Greystone Secrets: The Strangers

You can also find my review of the book here, but be careful of spoilers.

The Greystone Secrets Review

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Marowak

The reason I chose Marowak is that mothers play a big role in Marowak’s mythology, and while this book is not so extreme, mothers are still at the center of some world-shattering secrets.

Born Scared

Elliot has suffered from extreme anxiety from birth. He usually stays in his room and his medication takes care of the most extreme symptoms he has. But his anxiety is always still there, waiting for a chance to strike.

When a mixup happens at the pharmacy on Christmas Eve, Elliot’s mother must go out to get Elliot’s pills herself right before a snowstorm is about to hit, she should be back in minutes.

Hours later when she still hasn’t returned Elliot sees no choice but to push past his fears and leave the house to find her, but what happens as the rest of the medication wears off and his anxiety comes out full force?

Will he be able to face his fears and find his mother, or will his anxiety bring him to his breaking point?

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Diglett

Elliot spends lots of time in his room like Diglett does underground but when it does come up to fight it is a strong Pokemon.

Amazon: Born Scared

Serafina and the Seven Stars

Serafina and Braeden have faced down all nature of paranormal things over the years at Biltmore. Serafina is now considered the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, but after having won battle after battle peace is making her jumpy.

She also not certain of her place now that Braeden has gone away to boarding school in NYC. So when Mr. Vanderbilt asks her to move upstairs to a grand room to help her keep an eye on guests coming for a Biltmore tradition she thinks maybe she’s finally found a new place. 

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Golett

Golett reminds me of the enemies they face Serafina and the Seven Stars.

Amazon: Serafina and the Seven Stars

The Disaster Days

This one is a tiny bit more literal about the ground being shaken under your feet.

Hannah Steele loves her home outside Seattle on tiny Pelling island. It’s a bit disconnected from the outside world but that’s never been a bad thing. She’s also always felt totally safe there.

That’s why when she’s asked to babysit after school one day it should be no big deal, Zoe and Oscar are next-door neighbors, she’s taken a babysitting class, that makes her an expert right? 

No matter that she left her inhaler at home today. 

And things would have been fine except for the earthquake, it only lasts four minutes but it changes everything, damaging the house, knocking out the power, making cell service non-existent.

What’s worse, both the ferry and the bridge that connect the kids to help and their parents are down, which means they are alone and stranded with Hannah in charge as things go from bad to dangerous. 

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Groudon

Because a legendary Pokemon literally called the Continent Pokémon, which could shift continents and cause earthquakes.

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So I struggled awhile on how to do this type, but I finally settled on doing books about characters who transformed throughout the book.

Annie’s Life in Lists

Annie transforms from a quiet girl with a great memory. A memory she’s afraid of, she’s worried it made her family have to move and messed up her life, so in her new life she’s staying quiet, she’s not messing this new chance at a school and friends up again.

But being quiet and hiding who you are isn’t doesn’t work forever. And as Annie finds out she’s not the only one trying to hide something she starts to question her new life and find her voice, not only at home but among her new friends as well.

Throughout the book, she transforms into someone who is able to use her voice and be herself, without fear of her abilities and others’ judgment.

The Pokemon this book reminds me of is: Leavanny

One of the reasons I picked it is because it evolves when it reaches a high friendship level, something that is important in the book, also, it sort of looks like a clover, which are important to the plot of the book.

Amazon: Annie’s Life in Lists

Princess Who Flew with Dragons

Princess Sofia of Drachenburg is a failure at being a princess. That’s why her older sister crown princess Katrin wants to send her away on a diplomatic mission to Villene. She’s not surprised she’s being used for her sister’s political gains, after all, she’s already been used as a hostage to invading dragons and promised to marry an evil fairy. 

But when she gets a hint of freedom after being dismissed by the Queen of Villene, she’s happier than she’s ever been, but her sister is on the way to shatter that happiness, not to mention, the ice giants that show up and freeze her sister alive.

Will she be able to be a princess like her sister, one who stands up and saves the day? Or will she find her own way to solve the problem and get everyone out of the situation safely and become her own kind of princess?

The Pokemon that reminds me of this book is Araquanid

It reminds me of this book because at first Sofia is in a bubble with people trying to protect her, later on as she evolves as a character she is able to take characters and put them in her own protective area.

Amazon: The Princess Who Flew with Dragons

1The Witch Boy

Aster knows he’s supposed to be a witch, but in a family where boys are shapeshifters and girls are witches, Aster must fight gender norms and prove who he really is meant to be all the while facing a malevolent force that is trying to attack his family.

When it’s up to him to stop the evil that hits close to home, will he be ready to stand as a witch? No matter what his family thinks.

The Pokemon that reminds me of this book is Venomoth

This Pokemon reminds me of this book because while it appears harmless it is also a poison type and capable of protecting itself. Aster also must fight a poison force in the book so I think its especially appropriate.

Amazon: The Witch Boy

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