The Pretender (Animorphs #23)

by Katherine Applegate and K.A. Applegate

Book Overview

To Tobias, no one is who they seem. He has just heard a reading of his father's last will and testament. That's how he found out who his father really was: the Andalite Prince Elfangor! Tobias is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590762567
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Best Book I've Ever Read!!!

This is the best book I've read so far. Tobias is my favorite charactor in the Animorphs series. I have the book 'Andalite Chronicles' so i knew the story before i read it! Wrong move! 'The Pretender' is funny and serious at the same time and i really enjoyed it.

Tobias is about to discover the secrets of his past....

Hey guys someone's looking for Tobias.Someone who says she's his long lost-lost cousin.Tobias isn't sure this person is telling the truth.But she's really nice,and knows a lot about him.And what she tells Tobias reallygets his attention. It seems a lawer has discovered Tobias's father's last will and testament.SO,Tobias needs to attend the reading.His "cousin" even offers to go along.But somthing just feel quite right. That's when Tobias,the oter Animorphs,and Ax decide to do a little checking on this "cousin".What the find out will change Tobias's life....

Finally!

When I read the caption on the book, I yelled, "Finally!Tobias finds out who his father is!" And he does! And who itis-that is a really cool secret. But Tobias is also in a big dilemma. A woman named Aria has shown up and claims to be his cousin. Should Tobias go and live with her? But then he discovers the fatal truth. Aria is really Visser 3-which would mean death if the Visser found out who Tobias really was. But why is Visser 3 pretending to be Tobias's cousin? Find the answer in this action-packed, exciting book! (Sorry if I sound like a lying magazine, but it really is all that.) K.A., if you read this, I would like to see more romance between Rachel and Tobias!

The best Animorph I've ever read

I've read Animorphs 1-29, The Hork-Bajir chronicles, and Megamorphs1 and 2. This is the best one I've read. Possibly my favorite book. Being a 13 yr old bookworm, I've read a whole lot of books! The whole thing leaves you not being able to put it down, and the end is both wonderful and exiting!

One of her most involving books yet!

This was one of KA's most involving books yet! There is only one problem I see with Tobias narratives: The ANIMORPHS don't realise that he could morph human for two hours and then use the box to get his morphing powers back. That is bugging me. I like the book because Tobias discovers something vital at the end; something only those who have read The Andalite Chronicles know. However, maybe a lot of people haven't read that book, so I can't say the ending. One other thing bothers me: Marco is too sarcastic and Rachel too warrior-like to come right out and say that they like each other. I wish they would at least tell each other because its obvious from the way they tease each other but its getting annoying that they won't say it out loud.