Earth Kingdom Chronicles: The Tale of Toph

Avatar: The Last Airbender

By: Michael Teitelbaum, Nickelodeon Publishing

Narrated by: Maya Aoki Tuttle

From Avatar: The Last Airbender, I'm Toph. After my father found out that I'd been competing in Earthbending tournaments, he put me under constant surveillance! So I left home. Now I'm traveling through the Earth Kingdom with Aang—he's the Avatar—and his friends Katara and Sokka, on Aang's sky bison, Appa. I'm teaching Earthbending to Aang, and man, do I have my work cut out for me! Even though we've had our differences, it's kind of nice knowing these guys will always have my back and point me in the right direction when I can't feel which way to go.

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fun, but not Toph

this is a fun retelling of the story, but it just doesn't feel quite like Toph. they had to use a different Voice, and that's to be expected, but the characterization wasn't there as much. I thought she'd have more off hand comments about her friends and their quirks, but it came off as more cutesy-fun and not as true to the character. The others of this series were good and maybe held a bit truer to the characters.