Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. Not only was the cover mysterious and compelling, but the story was like candy to my subteen self. The 10 best books in the animorphs series, according to a. The reckoning from the worlds largest community of readers. The entire animorphs book series is now available for free. Animorphs, written by katherine applegate and her husband michael grant is a series of young adult books on science fantasy. And having read the entire series dozens of times, i quickly grabbed at this audiobook for the first book cause i was very excited to experience the series in a brand new way. A seemingly all powerful, godlike being who intermittently helps the animorphs, including giving tobias the ability to morph again. Animorphs also known under the promotional title anitv is a canadian television adaptation made by protocol entertainment based on the scholastic book series of the same name by k. 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. For a list of authors who ghostwrote much of this series using applegates name, see animorphs ghostwriters. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia.
Animorphs was a ya scifi series that took the mid90s scholastic book fair circuit by storm. I created the cover artwork for all of the original animorphs book series, and each book had a flipbook that appeared in black and white in the corner. Mar 17, 2020 animorphs was a ya scifi series that took the mid90s scholastic book fair circuit by storm. Wed definitely recommend it for older crowds looking to laugh at the dated pop culture references, the quintessentially 90s insults, and a lot of references to stores that were popular at the time.
However, he soon proved to be treacherous and sociopathic, attempting to betray and later murder the animorphs, deriving pleasure from his actions, and going as far as murdering saddler in order to morph into him and live his life. May 01, 2011 ive been a fan of the animorphs books ever since the first book was released in stores. Animorphs comes to graphic novels in this exclusive first look. The animorphs book series by multiple authors includes books the invasion, the visitor, the encounter, and several more. I believe most of the shifting occurs towards the end of the book. However, due to many contributing factorssuch as the birth of her son and the difficulties involved in writing everworld which was originally intended to be mostly ghostwritten, like applegates third scholastic series remnants, she ended up having a large number of the books ghostwritten. This is an unofficial fanpage for the great scifiya series by k.
Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the wartorn. With her husband, michael grant, katherine cowrote animorphs, a longrunning series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. Soon they are face to face with an alien from another planet who informs them that the earth is being invaded by evil yeerks, and gives them a special power to fight back. Jake, the leader and voice of book one, doesnt feel like a leader. Aug 25, 2014 in august 1996, scholastic published a book called the encounter by k. The series centers on five human teenagers and an alien, who are granted the ability to morph into any living creature, and their attempt to fight a war to prevent the takeover of earth by parasitic aliens. The first six books of animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. Animorphs is a television series based on the chapter book series of the same name.
Animorphs was a science fiction young adult book series written by katherine applegate and her husband michael grant and published by scholastic from june 1996 to may 2001. You have no idea what you slept on youtube kokoro wish and the birth of a multiverse. David was a human who found the morphing cube and became the seventh animorph. The main themes of this series are war, horror, dehumanization, innocence, leadership, sanity, morality, growing up and freedom. Nov 25, 2011 i created the cover artwork for all of the original animorphs book series, and each book had a flipbook that appeared in black and white in the corner. You want a book thats a lot like redwall, but with more gore. Any good series or book that is similar to animorphs. The animorphs books are favorite childhood stories for many. The animorphs novels follow the exploits of cassie, jake, rachel, marco, and tobias. If you like animorphs you might like similar books the invasion, the andalite chronicles, the horkbajir chronicles, the ellimist chronicles, the visitor.
Jun 28, 2019 while book one primarily serves to introduces the tweens, the threat of the yeerks, and the transformations, it gives us enough about the protagonists to know each characters vulnerabilities and fears. The animorphs series was printed in over twentyfive languages and other englishlanguage markets, and the books in those countries sometimes had different designs, layouts, cover quotes, and even different cover morphs, as is the case for the fifth book, the predator, whose uk edition showed marco morphing into a lobster, in contrast to the. In the time of dinosaurs sario rip time travel to 65,000,000 years ago. The beloved 1990s series told the story of five human kids jake, cassie, rachel. Applegate and her husband michael grant, the animorphs books first hit shelves two decades ago. The story revolves around five humans, jake, marco, cassie, rachel, and tobias, and one alien, aximiliesgarrouthisthill nicknamed ax, who obtain the ability to transform into any animal. The childrens book series that half price books got me to read. Mar, 2017 still, animorphs was a great series and a cultural staple of the scholastic book fair. Animorphs is a science fantasy series of childrens books written by katherine applegate and.
Oct 25, 2016 the series was canceled due to a generally negative reception. If youve ever fantasized about trading places with your pet cat or swimming like a squid, all while communicating telepathically, then the 90s scifi young adult book series animorphs is for you. With shawn ashmore, brooke nevin, boris cabrera, nadialeigh nascimento. Animorphs project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. This is a list of all books in the animorphs series by k. Tamora pierces immortals series also has a good bit of shapeshifting, as well as talking to animals and stuff like that, but its kind of a sister series to the original song of the lioness. The books were about five teenagers who take a shortcut through a construction site one day after school and end up meeting an alien called elfangorsirinialshamtul. It was broadcast from september 1998 to march 2000 on nickelodeon in the united states. The books follow the exploits of a group of young adults who can take the shape of different animals. Animorphs was one of the defining childrens book series of the 90s, exploring the turbulence of adolescence through a scifi war story about a group of teens fighting off an alien invasion by transforming into animals.
Top 10 animorphs books best book recommendations, best. The entire animorphs book series is now available for free online. See the complete animorphs series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. I read all 54 animorphs books in five days and it almost killed me. What to read next, based on your favorite childrens book from. I like the scifi theme, the aliens, special powers. Same goes for the feral series by cynthia leitich smith, which is also werepeople. I really enjoyed reading the animorphs books when i was in elementary school, but is there a series just as awesome for adults. Elfangorsirinialshamtul elfangor is the first alien the animorphs meet in the series. We had plentiful ya novels, fantasy series, and those deeply weird animorph covers. Its high fantasy, and it stands on its own well, although you would miss some references. In case you lived under a rock as a child, the animorphs series takes place in a terrifying dystopia in which humans are enslaved by sluglike.
I will not be reading the companion books, like alternamorphs or megamorphs, because they are stupid. I read all 54 animorphs books in five days and it almost. Animorphs series audiobooks listen to the full series. Tamora pierces immortals series also has a good bit of shapeshifting, as well as talking to animals and stuff like that, but its kind of a sister series to the original song of the lioness series. The show had incredibly lowbudget special effects, mediocre to bad acting, and a terrible script that was inconsistent and a only vaguely followed the plot of the books. Welcome to the animorphs wiki, the encyclopedia dedicated to k. Applegate, the books focus on a group of kids who gain the ability to transform into. You can read every animorphs book for free right now nerdist. Not wanting the animorphs to commit murder, cassie arranged to david to be trapped as. Alloransemiturcorrass andalite host body of visser three. Applegate originally intended to write every animorphs book herself. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. A subreddit for fans of the titular series and related works by k. The animorphs were a lot darker than what you possibly remember.
The cheesy scifi animorphs books heightened the strangeness. Animorphs was not the first book series to dramatize the transformative aspects of adolescence, but it stands out for its especially direct metaphor. I wouldnt read it for several years, but while i remained firmly sequestered from pop culture, the encounter. It has 6 main characters, who take turns and narrate the books from their perspectives. The popular book series by katherine applegate and her husband michael grant, writing together under the name k. All 54 books in the animorphs series are now available to download for. Applegate proceeded to produce over fifty books in the series, this not including the companion books set within the same continuity. This is a chronological list of the animorphs books by k. It was made for ytv for season 1 and global for season 2 in canada and nickelodeon for the united states. Applegates 1996 science fiction young adult book series animorphs.
May 09, 2018 animorphs will always have a cherished place in my hearta place that feels eternally like summer vacation and smells like a school gym full of fresh new books. I remember when the first tattered paperback landed in my hands, passed down from my older brother. Animorphs is a series of scifi fantasy novels written by k. And now, while youre home, you can read the entire series for free.
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