The Android (Animorphs, No 10)

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Summary: Excellent and fun, Frightening and scary...
Review: I read number 10 in less than a day it was so good. I reread it the next day. If you haven't read it I will tell you, READ IT! It starts when the Animorphs find out that one of Marco's old friends is an android. Which means he is a metal being. His human form is put on by a hologram. They learn MORE aliens were on the planet! The androids told them that they too fought the Yeerks. They had been created by the Pemalites, great aliens. But the entire Pemalite race had been completely wiped out. A VERY long time aga, during the cavemen period. The androids came. Not to interact but to act like anyone else would. After a while their character would "die." Then they would be "born" again as someone else. Well, the androids had been programed by the Pemalites to NOT KILL! But they were so incredibly strong! Marco said that if these guys were fighting with us, we could sqish a few Hork-bajor(Real big, bad Yeerks). But the Pemaltites had programmed them not to, so they couldn't fight, unless... I can't tell you more. This is only the first half of the book. It gets so much better. They find a way that the androids can fight but it requires going through a room that must be in absolute total darkness. You can't touch the ceiling, walls, or floor. Nor can yoou touch the tight string placed only inces apart all around the room. How can they possibly hope to suceed!???? Find out in Animorphs #10 The Alien Book Review by J.J.

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Summary: A book that will keep you on the edge of your seat!!!!!!!!!!
Review: In Animorphs #10 The Andriod, five kids have the power to morph. (In Animorphs #1 The Invasion they explain everything.) One kid, Marco, sees an old friend named Erek. He was handing out flyers for the Sharing, which is a secret organization for the Yeerks. The Yeerks are aliens secretly invading earth, taking over the bodies of people and controlling their every move. Later, the Animorphs are told by Erek that Erek and the others are the Chee, who are androids. I think I need to explain what I said about the others. The others are not the Animoprhs, they are other androids. The Chee were created by the Pemalites. The Chee were originally made as toys. Chee means "friend." The Chee were programmed to not kill anything. Only one thing can rewrtite their systems, the Pemalite crystal. There's only one problem, the Yeerks have it. That's where you can enjoy an adventure with the Animorphs, by the way, Marco is the one who came up with the word Animorphs, it means animal morph. I liked this book because I've always liked science fiction books. I also liked the way the author writes from somone else's point of view. The author also cycles through each Animorph's point of view, in a pattern. I recommend this book and all the other Animorph books in the series. By David McGough

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Summary: One of the best
Review: In this book, Marco and Jake discover an old friend of Marco's named Erik handing out flyers for the Sharing. They discover that he is an android created by the long-dead Pelmites, and though hard-wired for nonviolence, the Chee hate the Yeerks and act as spies for the ANIMORPHS.

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Summary: One of the best
Review: There are several other basic synapsis of this book already written, so I won't rehash it all here. As with all my other reviews (I'm working on the entire series as they get reread) I'm here to offer up a different point of view. If anyone out there is wondering what someone way out of the normal age group sees in these books, then this one is for you.

This book swings back into more suspense and battle format than the last one. The balance is better in that you have Marco narrating it, and his sense of humor leaving the reader laughing, alongside a bit more action overall to go with the emotional threads. As always, there's more to it than a very good, solid, well thought out story which is both entertaining and a "can't put it down" read. Marco has much more to him than meets the eye, and although he's flippant, funny, and sarcastic even in his narration thoughts, he's also smart and quickest of all of them to see the long view. With his family being torn apart by the Yeerks taking his mother as the host body for Visser One, he has to deal with a lot of anger and rage in this book. There's a scene the other reviewers don't touch on (which is fine, that's why I'm doing this, because I'm double the normal age and see things differently). Marco gets Tom on the phone, who is a Controller. The Yeerk in Tom's head tries to sway Marco into bringing his father over into the Sharing, so they might be able to seduce him into being a voluntary host. Exploding, Marco runs red with rage over a short span of this book, finally letting most of it drain off when he morphs the spider for the first time and almost kills a beetle for food. He'd decided that he'd do anything to keep the Yeerks from getting his Dad as well as his Mom, even take down Tom if necessary. Yet, it also stresses that riding that wave of rage is like a drug, it leaves you empty and tired when its over.

There's also an interesting and fun new "species" introduced in this book with the dog-like Chee. The Androids, created as toys by a race so peaceful and playful they knew no hatred or war, could not fight because it was against their programming. After a breathtaking theft on the part of the Animorphs, they manage to get the component needed to allow the Chee to reprogram themselves. There's also something nice in Applegate's writing, because the Animorphs make a serious mistake over something very small at the end of the book, and it turns into a fighting retreat which almost gets them all killed. Erek is able to reprogram himself and save the Animorphs via mass slaughter of the enemies. However, the price of losing their "innocence" is so high, its unacceptable. The Chee can never forget, and lack the human ability to put something behind them. Although many of the younger readers might well miss it, it leaves a residue thought of "what if... every bad thing we've done in our lives was burned right at the forefront of our minds and we had to relive it every single moment?" That was the reason the Chee could not fight, and the price was simply too heavy. Themes like that tend to stick with readers a long time after the story is read, and I think that's what may very well keep Animorphs around to endure into a modern classic some day.

I gave this book a 4 instead of 5 star rating on the basis of believability. I take into account this series is written for an age group of 9-12, but Applegate tends to be good with most of her realism (for Sci-Fi of course). This one stretched it quite a bit with a huge, underground park which had mobs of dogs running around in it. The space was vast, even having a false sun, and a huge amount of dogs running loose in it. That one stretched things a bit, even with the technology available to the Chee, just in maintaining it, feeding all those dogs, general pet care/clean up, and the sheer size of it. A fun idea, but just enough "out there" that it lost a star in my ratings. All in all, however, a very entertaining read and wonderful addition to the series as a whole.

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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is a good Animorph book. The Animorphs learn
that Marco's old friend, Erek, has been hanging out with
the yeerks. They find out he isn't a controller,
but he isn't human either. Jake, Rachel, Tobias,
Cassie, Marco, and Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill (a.k.a.
Ax) find out that the 'Androids' have been living on
Earth for many years, and are really know as the
Chee. They are peaceful robot-like people and
that Erek has been tricking the yeerks into thinking
he's one of them! To learn more, read 'Animorphs #10, The Android'