Kids into books: Animorphs - The Illusion

Animorphs: The Illusion

Author: K. A. Applegate

Publisher: Scholastic, $11.95

Age Group: 9-12 years


"What?"

"It's just all these other people. The noise. This body ..." I looked around, worried that someone might overhear. But no, not with human ears, not with this much noise.

"You mean your body. The body you're in now is your body, Tobias. It's who you truly are. Normally, naturally."

We'd been through this before. I didn't know how to answer. And I didn't know why she was pushing it.

Ever since I overstayed the two-hour time limit in morph I've considered hawk to be my true form. Hawk is the body I have to keep if I want to help the other Animorphs and Ax combat the Yeerk invasion. Why was Rachel ignoring reality? She knew as well as anyone that I'd be out of the fight if I stayed more than two hours in human form.

All of which must sound strange. Possibly insane. So let me back up.

Here's the situation: The human race is under attack by a cruel and scheming enemy. As you're reading this, the parasitic alien species called Yeerks continues to enslave human minds. Armed with a capability you can't even imagine till you've seen it in action, the Yeerks wrest from us the one thing we hold most dear: free will.

Tommorow: Stuck in morph... forever?