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“There are no squids in America!” (a la An American Tale)

The Pretender by K. A. Applegate

The Attack by K. A. Applegate

The Exposed by K. A. Applegate

The Sickness by K.A. Applegate

August 18, 2025 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

I don’t know how they did it, but these Animorphs books just keep getting crazier. I’m almost sad I skipped a few “skippable” titles, cuz what crazy hijinks am I missing?! Book 23 – The Pretender A Tobias book. Tobias is having weird flashes when he hunts small prey, where he finds himself seeing the POV of said prey. He also learns a cousin is looking for him (since he seemingly disappeared into nowhere after becoming a hawk-4-life). Turns out that person was just Visser-3 […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's classics, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:52 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's classics, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, Series ·
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Oh no, they (almost) killed David!

The Discovery by K. A. Applegate

The Threat by K. A. Applegate

The Solution by K. A. Applegate

July 23, 2025 by cosbrarian 3 Comments

The Animorphs created a psychopath then abandoned him on an island of rats. Yes, I just finished Animorphs books 20 thru 22, the David Trilogy. See, the Animorphs meet a new kid named David (who, in my headcast, is tween Mark-Paul Gosselaar). This new kid is playing with a familiar blue cube – the very Andalite cube that gave the Animorphs their morphing powers! They attempt a stealth mission at David’s house to get the cube back, fearful the Yeerks will get their hands on […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Featured, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, reread, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:41 · Genres: Children's Books, Featured, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, Children's Books, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, reread, Series ·
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Holy Mother Yeerking Shirt balls!

The Andalite Chronicles by K. A. Applegate

April 28, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

I was never really a Goodreads-er, but I did always like those gif/meme reviews, so I’m going to try that here exclusively using gifs from my favorite crazy series, The Good Place. Spoilers for The Animorphs series! We open at the top of book one, The Invasion, from Elfangor’s POV as he is dying. But then we snap back in time. Elfangor and his friend Arbron are training to be Andalite warriors under the disgraced war-veteran Alloran. As a reminder, Andalites are centaur-like aliens and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: animorphs, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, sci-fi, the 1990s

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: animorphs, k.a. applegate, nostalgia, sci-fi, the 1990s ·
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A boy wearing a sweatshirt and jeans morphs into a hawk against a purple background.

From a Hawk Tuah Boy Again

The Change by K. A. Applegate

April 5, 2025 by cosbrarian 2 Comments

How many Hawk Tuah jokes do I get to make for this reading challenge? Anyway, Book 13 of the Animorphs is narrated by Tobias, our boy who accidentally stayed in his hawk morph too long, and is now permanently stuck in a hawk’s body. It has its ups and downs, and lately he’s really been missing his human form, and feeling like he is a useless member of the Animorphs because he can’t morph. He meets a pair of Hork-Bajir, dinosaur-like aliens who make up […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 90s, Children's, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 90s, Children's, k.a. applegate, middle grade, nostalgia, Series ·
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Dogs are purest good boys, even in Animorphs

Megamorphs #1: The Andalite’s Gift by K. A. Applegate

The Alien by K. A. Applegate

The Secret by K. A. Applegate

The Android by K. A. Applegate

March 5, 2025 by cosbrarian 1 Comment

Oops, I forgot to review my books! I am still chugging along in The Animorphs series! I fell off of it briefly but am catching back up. I was going to skip some volumes, but it turns out my brain is too COMPLETEST for that, so at this point I’ve read the first ten books, plus the first Megamorphs volume. Megamorphs #1: The Andalite’s Gift: Megamorphs is sort of the “super specials” of the series (shoutout to my BSC babes). Those are an ensemble narrative, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 90s, animorphs, k.a. applegate, kidlit, middle grade, nostalgia, Series

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:14 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 90s, animorphs, k.a. applegate, kidlit, middle grade, nostalgia, Series ·
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“Could animorphing BE any creepier?”

The Message by K. A. Applegate

The Predator by K. A. Applegate

January 23, 2025 by cosbrarian 4 Comments

As of book five, I have officially read an Animorphs book from each main character’s POV, and I gotta say, I’m a Marco girlie. But I was always a big fan of the funny short guy (Max Casella in Newsies, I’ll love you forever). In book 4, The Message, Cassie and Tobias begin receiving telepathic messages from an unknown creature in need. The group figures out it’s likely an Andalite that is seemingly stuck in their spaceship underwater, and they learn to morph into dolphins […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 1990's, 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's series, k.a. applegate, kidlit, middle grade, nostalgia

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 1990's, 90s, animorphs, Children's Books, children's series, k.a. applegate, kidlit, middle grade, nostalgia ·
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