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The Visitor
by K.A. Applegate
Rereading the Animorphs series as an adult:
Maybe it's because this is the second book in the series, but I remember it so well! Rereading it goes straight to the feels. The entire situation between Rachel's friend Melissa and her parents, particularly her father, the evil Mr. Chapman (love that he is both the highest ranking Yeerk in the area AND the Animorphs' middle school principal--could it really be any other way?) just GOT me as a kid.
I seem to remember that the formula of the books is that we get a recap of how the kids got their morphing powers (does Applegate copy and paste the scene in the first chapter of every book? My vote is on yes) in the first couple of pages, there is then some normal teen activities (so much hanging out at the mall; simpler times), then they figure out some new information about the Yeerks and try to stop it. Oh, and every book they acquire a new morph, and the morphing scene is described in detail, so you really feel like you got your money's worth after seeing the front cover. And, there's a suspenseful near-death encounter at the end of every book. I'll be taking notes to see if the formula checks out, but so far so good for the first two books.
Maybe it's because this is the second book in the series, but I remember it so well! Rereading it goes straight to the feels. The entire situation between Rachel's friend Melissa and her parents, particularly her father, the evil Mr. Chapman (love that he is both the highest ranking Yeerk in the area AND the Animorphs' middle school principal--could it really be any other way?) just GOT me as a kid.
I seem to remember that the formula of the books is that we get a recap of how the kids got their morphing powers (does Applegate copy and paste the scene in the first chapter of every book? My vote is on yes) in the first couple of pages, there is then some normal teen activities (so much hanging out at the mall; simpler times), then they figure out some new information about the Yeerks and try to stop it. Oh, and every book they acquire a new morph, and the morphing scene is described in detail, so you really feel like you got your money's worth after seeing the front cover. And, there's a suspenseful near-death encounter at the end of every book. I'll be taking notes to see if the formula checks out, but so far so good for the first two books.