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Author Applegate's Book Reviews

Animorphs: The Visitor
Rachel and her four friends, Jake, Cassie, Marcos, and Tobias are all Animorphs. They were not always this way and now that they are, they have to keep it secret. Earth is under invasion by a race of parasitic slugs called Yeerks. They take host of all kinds of species all over the galaxy and Earth is a new spot for them. Humans who become host to Yeerks are Controllers. These are usually humans in places of power, influence, or good recruiting grounds. ...
Brave the Betrayal - Everworld 8
The 8th book in the K.A. Applegate series is mysterious yet one can relate to the personalities of the characters. First set in Olympia a group of teenagers set out to the savannah of uncharted land along the way clashing with many gods. This book is a must read if you are into sci-fi!!...
Change - Animorphs
Tobias, a kid trapped in as a hawk, meets the Ellimist, an alien with great power. He gives Tobias the opportunity to get his powers back if he rescues two Hork-Bajir....
Discover the Destroyer
David, Jalil, April, and Christopher have been charged with the mission of finding four magic items; the sword, spear, stone, and cauldron of the dragon Nidhoggr that the fairies had robbed from his treasure pile. They have to find the items or die because the dragon has exchanged their hearts for rubies and if they don't find the treasure in six days the rubies will light on fire killing the host. They travel to fairy land where Jalil constructs a te...

Applegate booklist

Elfangor's Secret - Megamorphs 3
When a disgraced Visser Four finds the Time Matrix and resolves to kill some of history's most influential people, Tobias and the other Animorphs must follow him through the ages to stop him before it's too late. Tobias is a boy who was trapped in hawk morph in a battle against the Yeerks. Now he works as a scout and sometimes-fighter, helping his fellow Animorphs to protect the Earth from a subtle invasion by mind-controlling aliens, the Yeerks. The Ani...
Enter the Enchanted - Everworld 3
In Applegate's Enter the Enchanted you are drawn into a world of fantasy and myth. In this latest Everworld book a new character is introduced to the audience, Merlin, the famed magician. Merlin is the force behind all that goes on in Everworld. The group of friends are still searching for their lost friend Senna. Will they find her? This encapturing book tells it all....
Land of Loss - Everworld 2
The second book in Applegate's new Everworld is just as exciting as the first. The group of teenagers come across the paths of wolfs that are as big as elephants,etc. Everything is reversed in Everworld. All of a sudden the group is captured by a local village in the jungle. The group attempts to escape. What happens? Well, lets just say it's a big suprise to the readers!!...
Mystify The Magician
David, April, Jalil, and Christopher have left Atlantis and they find themselves in a new land that they soon learn is Eire. One of the first people that they meet in Ireland is Lorg the giant and he tries to eat Christopher and is barely stopped in time by Etain, a beautiful half-elfin princess. They travel to her father's castle but they have barely arrived when they receive the message that Lorg has been killed. They soon learn that Senna has brough...
Search for Senna - Everworld 1
In Applegate's first book of her new series we are introduced to a group of young teenagers that are literally thrown into a alternate dimension. Everworld. The group sets out to find their lost friend Senna only to find trouble instead in the form of a village that eats the brains of people. This book is a must read!...
The Android - Animorphs 10
The animorphs discover a race of androids - machines capable of thinking for themselves - called the Chee. They cannot commit violence unless their programming is redone, and they need a special crystal to do it....

K.A. Applegate list of books

The Capture
The animorphs attack a hospital that has been overtaken by the Yeerks. It goes horribly wrong, which leaves their leader, Jake infested. The animorphs must stop Jake from getting to the yeerk force for three days....
The Decision - Animorphs 18
The Animorphs meet David. He has found the morphing cube, which can give anyone the ability to morph. But the yeerks have discovered where it is. They manage to take both the cube and David, and give him the power to morph....
The Ellimist Chronicles
To many he is known as the Ellimist, a powerful being intent on safeguarding all life -- sometimes in unconventional and dangerous ways. But eons ago he was known as Toomin, a young Ketran ridiculed for his inability to win the simplest of games... When hostile aliens destroy his planet, Toomin flees with a band of survivors to search for a new home. Their journey brings them to Father, a mind-absorbing creature, who kills the Ketrans but keeps To...
The Forgotten - Animorphs 11
The animorphs open up a time rift and travel eight hours back in time. They will be eliminated from the face of the Earth in eight hours if they cannot recreate the scenario that the time rift occured in. ...
The Hork Bajir Chronicles
When the Andalites, a group of intelligent aliens, land on Dak-Hamee's home world, Dak is overjoyed. As the mutant "seer" of the Hork Bajir, Dak was born with genius-level intelligence -- a gift that makes him an outsider among his dimwitted race but allows him to develop a friendship with Aldrea, a young female Andalite. Through Aldrea, Dak learns the beauty of Andalite science and culture. All seems perfect -- until Dak discovers that Yeerks, evil, ...
The Invasion - Animorphs 1
While wandering through an abandoned construction site, five kids encounter a dying alien who warns them of evil mind-controlling parasites that are slowly taking over their planet. To help the kids fight the invaders, the alien gives them the power to transform into any animal they touch. Now Jake, Rachel, Marco, Tobias, and Cassie must use their new abilities to find the Yeerks and save the Earth -- or die trying. ...

K.A. Applegate novels

The Solution - Animorphs 22
The Animorphs must prevent the heads of state from being infested. They do this in a way comparable to swiping a chess board. They must stop David....
The Threat - Animorphs 21
The Animorphs must prevent the Heads of State from becoming controllers. They start a mission which they horribly mess up. During the mission, David's loyalty comes in question. It turns out that he becomes a traitor to the Animorphs....
The Weakness - Animorphs 37
The Animorphs series concerns a war between several Kis who can turn into animals, and Yeerks, which are mind-controlling slugs that are secretly invading Earth. The leader of the Animorphs, Jake, is out of town in this book. The Animorphs discover that a certain big Yeerk official is inspecting the invasion force on Earth to see how well it is doing. The Animorphs consider this an opportunity to misdirect the Yeerks' strategy for Earth, so they appoi...
Understand the Unknown - Everworld 10
Applegate's latest book is full of fun scenes that let the imagination go wild wondering what will happen next. Set in Atlantis, an underwater city, the main characters must escape because their lives are at risk. The description of Atlantis is the best since Plato's !! A must read for readers of all ages....