Secrets of the GS Ball

Secrets of the GS Ball
ISBN:	0439220912
Published:	September 2001
Publisher:	Scholastic
Author:	Jennifer L. Johnson
Preceded By:	Ash to the Rescue
Succeeded By:	Prize Pokémon

Secrets of the GS Ball by Jennifer L. Johnson is the twenty-fourth book of the adaptation of the Pokémon anime and the eighth in the Johto Journeys series. It was published by Scholastic in September 2001 and is 88 pages in length.

Plot

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This book follows the plots of the anime episodes A Shadow of a Drought, Going Apricorn!, and Gettin' the Bugs Out.

Blurb

What's Bugging Ash? Ash heads to Azalea Town to battle for the Hive Badge. But first he has to finish a top-secret mission for Professor Oak. The mysteries of the GS Ball are about to be revealed --- or are they?

Along the way, Brock catches a new Pokémon and Team Rocket messes things up again. Then Ash finally faces off for his second Johto League badge. Will he squish Bugsy's swarm off Bug Pokémon? Or will he suffer the sting of defeat?

Major events

• Ash gets the Hive Badge.

Debuts

Humans

• Kurt
• Bugsy

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Bugsy
• Kurt

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Chikorita (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Pineco (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Scyther (Bugsy's)
• Metapod (Bugsy's)
• Spinarak (Bugsy's)
• Caterpie
• Slowpoke
• Beedrill

In other languages

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Pokémon anime novelizations Original series: I Choose You! • Island of the Giant Pokémon • Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon • Night in the Haunted Tower Team Rocket Blasts Off! • Charizard, Go! • Splashdown in Cerulean City • Return of the Squirtle Squad Orange Islands: Journey to the Orange Islands • Secret of the Pink Pokémon • The Four-Star Challenge • Scyther, Heart of a Champion Race to Danger • Talent Showdown • Psyduck Ducks Out • Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium The Johto Journeys: Go West, Young Ash • Ash Ketchum, Pokémon Detective • Prepare for Trouble • Battle for the Zephyr Badge The Chikorita Challenge • All Fired Up • Ash to the Rescue • Secrets of the GS Ball • Prize Pokémon Teaming Up With Totodile • Tough Enough • Winner Takes All Advanced Generation: Haunted! • Phantom Unmasked • Team Rocket Truce • Celebi Rescue • Grovyle Trouble • Deoxys in Danger Diamond & Pearl: Pokémon Academy • The Lost Riolu • Coal Badge Battle • World of Sinnoh Movies: The Art of Pokémon The First Movie • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 2000 • The Art of Pokémon the Movie 3: Spell of the Unown Mewtwo Strikes Back • Mewtwo Returns • Pokémon the Movie 2000 • Pokémon the Movie 3 • Pokémon 4Ever Destiny Deoxys • Lucario and the Mystery of Mew • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea • The Rise of Darkrai Pikachu's Vacation • Pikachu's Rescue Adventure • Pikachu and Pichu

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