The arrival

by Katherine Applegate

Paper Book, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

New York : Scholastic, c2000.

Description

Animorphs RM is an exciting series for young adult readers about five teens who are given the power to morph into any animal they touch and then to absorb its DNA. This power is granted them by a dying Andalite alien named Elfangor, who also warns the teens that Earth is being threatened secretly by a group of aliens called Yeerks. This high-interest series is currently a successful television show and will be sure to intrigue even the most reluctant readers.

User reviews

LibraryThing member chuff

An excellent book in the series, but missing too much of the characters I love to warrant five stars.
The title before this, The Weakness (#37) gave us a discussion of hubris, but surely the hubris angle belongs more in a book all about Andalites, a race whose vanity and arrogance knows no bounds.

Honestly the sheer inability of Andalite characters (even Ax) to be dynamic from these personality vices in any real way makes me dislike books that put them in focus.

Andalites should consider using their morphing ability to transform into a creature that is in any way likable.

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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

A short comment for every book of the series until I get a chance to re-read them. All three of my sons and I loved this series and read every single book - I even bought every single book (most, but not all, used; some through school book sales). I'm excited to re-read them to see how the five

main characters develop and to watch all the different transformations again.

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LibraryThing member nx74defiant

I really enjoyed this book. I figured they break up was an act.

My favorite line

That is why I like humans. It is all about the cinnamon buns.

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