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... 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: 0.54 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. One Andalite is a vecol, meaning his tail blade is cut off, which makes him a cripple (with the unfortunate combination of being unable to morph). The other Andalite has a genetic disease, like Huntington's disease, so he is unable to escape the disease by morphing to something else and back. This book has few moments of humor. It deals with real issues in human society about prejudice, discrimination, and morality. I liked the sophistication of this book and the complex issues it delves into. Some say that Marco isn't the best narrator for this serious book, but I disagree. I think it takes a character with humor to make the situation less awkward. When a character who is normally humorous says something serious, you tend to pay a bit more attention than if it was Cassie, who is always for moral uprightness. This is definitely a touching, poignant book, whose last page will linger in you a little longer.

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 out his fate. He, along with Arbron, Melissa Chapman, and Aftran, should play a larger part in the final battle. If any of the Animorphs books should be picked up and read again, this is definately one of them.

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 of my favorites. Will theh animorphs be able to help these two fading heros? or will the two andalites to anything within their power to be left to themselves? Are these new andalites be willing to kill for their privacy....?

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!