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The Visitor
by K.A. Applegate
In this week's episode of Animorphs (and truly, the pacing of these books makes each one seem like an episode of a TV show, it would have been the perfect adaption) we get to look at the world through Rachel's point of view, which is, honestly, very fun. Rachel is passionate, and caring, and not great at taking advice from her friends.
Most of this book focuses on the animorphs' newest plan to take down the yeerks --infiltrate their vice-principal's house by becoming his cat, learn his secrets, and maybe save his daughter (and Rachel's friend) from becoming a controller. However, because Rachel is so focused on her friend, rather than her own safety, she does ignore the advice of the other animorphs and gets caught by Visser 1.
That really brings us to one of the shining lights of this book; despite how horrifying the first book was, this one really drives home that these are child soldiers trapped in a war they didn't want or understand. After she's captured by her controller vice -principal, Rachel is convinced that she will die, and she comes to terms with that, as long as she doesn't betray her friends. It's an incredibly dark moment, and, as I look ahead to the later books in the series, I'm sure this isn't even the worse to come.
Over all, this is a very solid book. I like Rachel, she's a much more compelling character than Jake, and KA Applegate really shows how even just the few weeks that have passed since the first book have allowed the animorphs to grow and learn. There is one weird moment I feel is worth mentioning; Rachel does randomly get stalked on her way home from the mall and harassed by some guy in a car, because apparently despite this being a book for and about kids, it's really important to drive home how girls shouldn't be walking by themselves.
I would give this book an 8/10 on the nostalgia scale, because I don't remember reading this one as a kid but it was nice to see my friend Rachel again. Overall I would give it an 8/10, because the kids do seem to think that a tom cat is more vicious than any of the other animals they've dealt with so far.
Most of this book focuses on the animorphs' newest plan to take down the yeerks --infiltrate their vice-principal's house by becoming his cat, learn his secrets, and maybe save his daughter (and Rachel's friend) from becoming a controller. However, because Rachel is so focused on her friend, rather than her own safety, she does ignore the advice of the other animorphs and gets caught by Visser 1.
That really brings us to one of the shining lights of this book; despite how horrifying the first book was, this one really drives home that these are child soldiers trapped in a war they didn't want or understand. After she's captured by her controller vice -principal, Rachel is convinced that she will die, and she comes to terms with that, as long as she doesn't betray her friends. It's an incredibly dark moment, and, as I look ahead to the later books in the series, I'm sure this isn't even the worse to come.
Over all, this is a very solid book. I like Rachel, she's a much more compelling character than Jake, and KA Applegate really shows how even just the few weeks that have passed since the first book have allowed the animorphs to grow and learn. There is one weird moment I feel is worth mentioning; Rachel does randomly get stalked on her way home from the mall and harassed by some guy in a car, because apparently despite this being a book for and about kids, it's really important to drive home how girls shouldn't be walking by themselves.
I would give this book an 8/10 on the nostalgia scale, because I don't remember reading this one as a kid but it was nice to see my friend Rachel again. Overall I would give it an 8/10, because the kids do seem to think that a tom cat is more vicious than any of the other animals they've dealt with so far.