The Other

By K.A. Applegate and Katherine Applegate

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439106796
• ISBN13: 9780439106795
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Makes you think a little longer...

From watching TV, Marco discovers that Ax is not as alone as they thought-there are other Andalites on Earth! Two other Andalites survived the space battle that sent the Dome into the ocean. In this touching and tragic book, readers further see how Andalite prejudices are in many ways like human society's. The book explores how these two Andalites forsake everything else in their intense loyalty and friendship with each other...

A very excellent read

I have been reading the Animorphs series for about four years now, and the writing has started to get a bit boring and mundane (I think it's the ghostwriters). However, this book was, by far, like a red rose shining out of a winter garden. It has been a long time since I enjoyed a book like this one. I can agree with the fact that K.A. cannot let Mertil hanging. She added him to the books, and now the readers want to find...

An Excellant adventure..

Fespite what some people say, (that K.A. Should cut with the Animorphs) I am an eighth grader and have been with the amimorphs since they wher published 4 years ago. in this story, Marco and the animorphs Discover that Ax isn't the only andalite on the planet. There are Two more! one is disabled and one trying to hide his slowly deteriorating state. This book Gives us an insite on andalite society and bigotry, and is one...

Excellent!

For a while there Animorphs was really going down hill but they have started to pick up again. Hopefully this is the first book of many that is worth reading. If you are thinking about buying it, do because it is great!

AWESOME!

I think this is the best Animorph book yet, except for numbers 23 and 33, because Tobias rulez. This would be cool written from Tobias's view. But KA was wonderful, anyway!