The Alien (Animorphs, No 8)

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Summary: Ax is the COOLEST!
Review: As always, I'm obviously way over the target age group. I'm taking the time to review each Animorphs book as I reread the entire series. My hope is to give parents, teachers, and anyone else the point of view of an adult who's outside the usual reading age for the series. Other reviewers have already given the overall plot, so I'm here with a few other thoughts. As other reviewers have commented, this book is very much about choices, and has a large dose of good humor involved. This is the first of the series which doesn't have heart pounding action and battles throughout the story, yet it remains just as entertaining. Ax is very amusing, and the story imaginative, giving readers a peek into Andalite culture and their people. Ax's race is one which holds rituals which are much different than our own, and honor is held in very high regard. It's a story about a young boy who is far, far away from his home, with his culture's heavy burdens which he must bear. The choices are huge to him, because someone once broke a law they now call Seerow's Kindness, and released a chain reaction which has made billions suffer for it. Should he, then, break that same law, even if he thinks its for the best -- even vital to the Animorphs winning the war? If he does, what repercussions will it have, because he ultimately doesn't understand who he's dealing with? The humans are as alien to him as Ax is to them. In an accident, he reprograms software for Marco's father. Ax thought it was nothing but a child's game to find all the errors, and fixed them in a few minutes. Not realizing what he did, he hands the ability for Zero Space travel to humanity. What if the Yeerks find out, for surely they will know it was an Andalite and not a human? In undoing that, he could also use it to call his parents, so far away. The book is about loneliness, too, in a way that everyone can relate to in some way. True to Animorphs style, however, its told through a young alien to make it new and interesting. There is also friendship, trust of utter outsiders on both sides, dealing with fears both huge (when Ax has to face Visser Three and doubts he'll survive) or small. Ax has to decide if he'll use the technology to call his people, another decision which goes against everything he'd been taught about Seerow's Kindness and his people's laws. There's laughter in this, a good story, and a whole lot more as the reader learns about Andalites first hand, and for the first time. A very excellent read and addition to the series.

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Summary: Reader over 25
Review: As always, I'm obviously way over the target age group. I'm taking the time to review each Animorphs book as I reread the entire series. My hope is to give parents, teachers, and anyone else the point of view of an adult who's outside the usual reading age for the series. Other reviewers have already given the overall plot, so I'm here with a few other thoughts. As other reviewers have commented, this book is very much about choices, and has a large dose of good humor involved. This is the first of the series which doesn't have heart pounding action and battles throughout the story, yet it remains just as entertaining. Ax is very amusing, and the story imaginative, giving readers a peek into Andalite culture and their people. Ax's race is one which holds rituals which are much different than our own, and honor is held in very high regard. It's a story about a young boy who is far, far away from his home, with his culture's heavy burdens which he must bear. The choices are huge to him, because someone once broke a law they now call Seerow's Kindness, and released a chain reaction which has made billions suffer for it. Should he, then, break that same law, even if he thinks its for the best -- even vital to the Animorphs winning the war? If he does, what repercussions will it have, because he ultimately doesn't understand who he's dealing with? The humans are as alien to him as Ax is to them. In an accident, he reprograms software for Marco's father. Ax thought it was nothing but a child's game to find all the errors, and fixed them in a few minutes. Not realizing what he did, he hands the ability for Zero Space travel to humanity. What if the Yeerks find out, for surely they will know it was an Andalite and not a human? In undoing that, he could also use it to call his parents, so far away. The book is about loneliness, too, in a way that everyone can relate to in some way. True to Animorphs style, however, its told through a young alien to make it new and interesting. There is also friendship, trust of utter outsiders on both sides, dealing with fears both huge (when Ax has to face Visser Three and doubts he'll survive) or small. Ax has to decide if he'll use the technology to call his people, another decision which goes against everything he'd been taught about Seerow's Kindness and his people's laws. There's laughter in this, a good story, and a whole lot more as the reader learns about Andalites first hand, and for the first time. A very excellent read and addition to the series.

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Summary: Resident Alien...........................
Review: Ax,is stranded on the human world,the only Andalite for billions of earth miles....Well,there is one.His name is Visser 3,the only Yeerk to get and Andalite Host,he is also the one Ax must kill to avenge the death of his brother,Elfangor........But,While he's here Ax wants to learn about the Human Culture,but he can't give away the secret,No Andalite can give it away,he can't tell them who let the Yeerks Loose...........................

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Summary: Earth is a tough neigborhood, especially if you're Ax
Review: Aximili, the brother of Prince Elfangor is an andalite (a morphing alien that looks like a deer, human and scorpion), was discovered by the animorphs (five kids that are the only humans that can use the power to turn into any animal they touch)at the bottom of the sea. Since then he has worked side-by-side with them. But there are certain things he cannot explain. It would be breaking andalite law. Yet there is a law he has not fufilled: to kill Visser Three, the only yeerk to infest an andalite and the murderer of his brother. But since the animorphs know he's been keeping secrets from them, it seems like he has to go it alone. This is the first Aimorphs book to be narrated completely by Ax and is the funniest one.

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Summary: 4 HOOVES UP! (LOTS OF FINGERS, TOO!)
Review: I think that anyone who has ever wanted to know more about Andalites should DEFINITELY read this book!! It answers many questions about Andalites and Yeerks, like: 1.How Andalites eat without a mouth, 2.Why Ax plays with sounds, 3. Why Andalites must fight the Yeerks, 4.When and why the Yeerks start to lose it because of events in #7 The Stranger, and more! In conclusion, I'm saying if you liked the other Animorphs books, you'll absolutely LOVE this one!

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Summary: The Alein's view
Review: I think this is another great Ani book. It is the first book told by Ax and it captures his views on humans very well. It is good fun to see how another speices might see us. In this book Ax want's to know more about humans, so first Jake and Marco take him to a movie, and then he goes to school! The results are very funny, espeicaly when it involves popcorn or chocolate! Then the Animorphs discover yeerks are dieing because they destroyed the Kandrona (book #7) and are starving. At first the Animorphs are pleased because they think the free hosts will tell everyone about the yeerks and they won't be alone fighting, but the yeerks kill the freed hosts. The Animorphs get mad at Ax for not telling them about this. At the start, there is also an interesting scene in the Andalite dome ship, just before they go into the battle with the yeerks that killed Elfangor. It's a great book with lots of laughs and a good storyline, and I recommend it and all the Animorph books.

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Summary: The Alien
Review: I thought this book was pretty cool from what I had read. I believe Ax and the animorphs are very brave to go up aganst Yeerks and Visser Three. It was kind of sad that Alloran-Semitur-Corrass is controled by Visser Three. I like the way Ax and the Animorphs battle the Yeerks even though they are hurting the Hork-Bajir and the humans.That is why I give this book five stars.This book has alot of action. I also enjoy this book because the humans turn into animals that tthey touch and acquire the animals DNA.

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Summary: Funny as hell, and incisive
Review: Long live the Ax-man! Not only does he innocently lampoon human characterisitics, he brings a different perspective to the Animorphs' struggle for freedom. He allays the somewhat overpowering American influences on the characters, too, which can't be a bad thing. Let's face it, I'll read anything with Ax's take on Cinnabon (or, later, TV). After 'These Messages'...

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Summary: I liked the brown globules.
Review: Most of the people reviewing say "I dont want to ruin the book for you" but I think I'll be a jerk and tell you. hehehe. It is about an alien named ax (he's pretty weird). He goes to the movies and crawls on the ground sayin "Brown globuels Imust have Brown Globules(Brown globuels are choclate).Anyways the yeerks are dying cause of lack of kandrona rays. Axteams up with a yeerk to stop visser 3. Ax turns into a snake and bites visser 3 on the leg and poisons him. the yeerk visser 3 crawles out of his head and jumps in the lake.They try to save the andelite but they can't.So the animorphs get away end of story.

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Summary: An Very good book
Review: This book is very good, he makes contact with the Andalite home world and he *almost* kills Visser Three