TY - BOOK AU - West,Tracey AU - Johnson,Jennifer L. TI - Ash to the rescue: Secrets of the GS ball T2 - Pokemon SN - 9781338768114 PY - 2021///] CY - New York, NY PB - Scholastic Inc. KW - Pokemon (Fictitious characters) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Animals, Mythical KW - Friendship KW - Upside-down books N1 - Based on the popular TV show; Texts bound back-to-back and inverted N2 - Ash realizes he must step in and protect the Johto Region's wild Ledyba, Hoppip, and Wooper from Team Rocket's attempts to exploit them; "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 Pokemon and Team Rocket messes things up again. Then Ash finally faces off for his second Johto League badge. Will he squish Bugsy's swarm of Bug-type Pokemon? Or will he suffer the sting of defeat? ER -