The Alien (Animorphs #8) by K. A. Applegate Series: Animorphs #8
Published by Scholastic Inc. on September 1, 2012
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General, Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Pages: 176
Format: eBook
Source: Library
The wildly popular books by K.A. Applegate are back! The Animorphs return in this update of the classic series.
Ax is an Andalite, an alien, stranded on a strange planet he's sworn to defend, even though it's not his own. Since the Animorphs rescued him, he's fought at their side, and in that time they've come to consider Ax a friend.But deep inside, Ax knows he isn't their friend. He can't ever be. Andalites must always hold themselves apart, even from their allies. As the Animorphs' past actions start resulting in deaths of innocent people, however, Ax's loyalty is called into question. Now he must decide whether to reveal the reason for his estrangement -- the shameful secret of his people.
A book that was mostly about identity and had almost no body horror! We get a lot of Alien Drama in this book, and also Ax LYING to people, and having to tell his parents that his brother is dead. Also, Ax hanging out with Tobias a lot, which I think may or may not become significant later. Also, we know Ax’s last name. A ritual that I have with reading the Animorphs books is that I like to listen to the accompany episode of Fandalites after finishing it, and I really enjoyed this Fandalies episode. I also included this for the 52 books reading challenge prompt, “about finding identity”, because Ax is adjusting his entire life and kind of becoming who he will be for the rest of the series. Also, his first POV book! Four stars for Ax’s book.
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