Animorphs: The Hork-Bajir Chronicles

Dear nine-year old Mike, Hi, me from when I was nine. How ya doing? Actually, don't tell me - I can probably guess. You're probably relatively fine. You'd be in fourth grade, and not much happened this year. So you're fine. Anyway, right now, you're into a series called Animorphs. It's pretty awesome,......more

Instalments like this one make me sad that regular Animorphs novels were sandwiched into bite-sized morsels that … … wait, let me restart this with a metaphor less likely to make me hungry. Instalments like The Hork-Bajir Chronicles demonstrate what K.A. Applegate can do when she can write longer-form......more

I still need to go back and write my review of the David trilogy, which didn't get posted in 2017 alas and alack, but I wanted to make sure and get this review out before I start my next book of 2018. Once again, it seems, I'm starting out the year with an Animorphs Chronicles book, which are hands......more

FIRST REVIEW / MAY 6, 2015 God, the Chronicles are so consistently heart-wrenching. This one features a cast of all-alien characters (apart from the tiny frame narrative, it isn't even set anywhere near Earth), rotating narrators cycling between the Andalites/Hork-Bajir/Yeerks, a war-torn planet, chi......more

I always feel moved when I remember this tragic story that rightfully belongs on the Young Nerd Fiction shelf of the middle school library. It's not skillfully written, and the confusing array of elements from it sci fi universe is esoteric at best, but its a very bittersweet and dark story for its a......more