A review by lycheecha
The Departure by K.A. Applegate

5.0

It's easy to get caught up in all the action and humans vs Yeerks dynamic and forget everything else. Cassie gets uncomfortable with how she's more and more willing to enact violence and abandon her morals and decides to leave out of guilt. She's always incredibly stuck to her morals, which makes her almost foolishly idealistic and comes off a little holier than thou at times, but here we get to see where empathy can take us. Jake said it best. "But if we win and someday it's all over, you'd better hope there are still plenty of Cassies in the world. You'd better hope that not everyone has decided it's okay to do whatever it takes to win."