Back to Before

by Katherine Applegate and K.A. Applegate

Book Overview

Jake's finally weakened. After a grisly battle, the Drode offers the Animorphs' leader an escape from the terrifying pressure. He'll reverse the decision to start the Animorphs. Now, there's no... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439173078
• ISBN13: 9780439173070
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The get there wish, and find out it wasn't worth it

Ever sence taking that short cut through the cunstruction site, 5 kids, Jake,Rachel,Cassie,Tobias, and Marco have regreted it. They get there wish, and take the safe way home. Not only can the animorphs not morph, but they don't have a clue about the Yeerks. Soon Tobias joins the Sharing, and regrets it, never to be free again (he's a controller). Jake gets suspicous over his brother, Tom's, strange behavior, and decides to investigate. Marco and Rachel see Marco's dead mom. Atleast they thought she was dead. And Cassie feels that something is wrong, feels that something isn't right. And Ax is alone on Earth, trying to warn humans of the Yeerks. And, when everything seem's out of place, they know they have to do something. Megamorphs #4, Back to Before. This was a fantastic book. They don't know what's going on, or what to do about it. But they feel that something is wrong, and they know they have to fight to stay alive, for there sake and for Earth. Animorph fans, this is a must!

The Best Animorphs Book Yet!

This is the best Animorphs book yet! The cover is awesome too. This book is a must have. If you want to find out about a little about the book here read this:What would you do if you had the opportunity to change your life? Not just where you live or who you hang out with, but your past, present, and future? Sounds like it might be pretty cool, right? Well, that's what Jake thought. He thought it might be easier if the Animorphs had never existed. If they'd never met Elfangor. If they all had the chance to be "normal" kids. Jake gets his wish. But things aren't quite as simple as they seem. Just because the Animorphs no longer exist doesn't mean the Yeerks no longer exist. Except now Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, and Marco can't morph. They don't even know the Yeerks are out there. And it's not such a wonderful life... If you want to know more... buy it! This is the best book from Megamorphs!

Whoa! Awesom job, K.A.!

I hail to thee, K.A.! Fellow anifans, READ THIS BOOKIMMEDIATELY! Come one, that's right, click the button! Click on thebutton that says, "Add to shopping cart". You'll find it well worth it, and here's why. First of all, I'll just give my version of the summary. ::drumroll: Here it is:What if? What if the Animorphs had never went through the construction? Never met Elfangor? Never got the morphing power? Never known of the evil, that is, and still is out there? After a horrific battle, the Drode offers Jake the chance to undo it all. Make it never happen. Jake finally weakens. He accepts. Yeah, so maybe they never met Elfangor. And maybe they never got the morphing power. But that doesn't mean that the Yeerks still aren't changing there lives. You'll discover something about Cassie that makes it all make sense. You'll love the ending and suddenly get how it all fits. You'll love this book, and make it right up there with #19 and #33. So maybe my summary isn't the greatest in the world, but hopefully it helped you know more about the book. And a few more things. Yes, there's a little thing with Rachel and Marco, though nothing big. The cover is simply amazing, and you'll gawk at it for ages. One thing that I didn't like, it should have been much longer. She should have stretched the plot longer, perhaps make the ending better. Other than that, I sincerely reccommend this book to any anifan at all. It's one of my favorite books, and in one word, it's amazing.

Finally an Animorphs book that lives up to the old standard.

Lately, the Animorphs books have been lacking effort. But this book changed all that. In one word, it was awesome. The characters were great, the plot was great, it was everything a fan could ask for. On a side note: The cover by itself was simply amazing, probably the best ever. Very appocalyptic.

Really really good!

Lately, I've been really dissapointed in the Animorphs books -the ghostwriters just haven't been doing a very good job. However,this book was probably twice as good as the last ten books combines. Written by the orriginal author, K. A. Applegate, BACK TO BEFORE has everything I've come to expect from Animorphs. When Jake wishes that he never got involved in the battle for Earth, everything changes - and it's not, to quote the back cover, such a wonderful life! I thought that this was probably one of the best Animorphs books ever. I hope that that K. A. Applegate does the actual writing on some more; even if the others were half as good as this, they'd be great.