rating: *****
aliens encountered: Taxxons, Hork-Bajir, Andalites
new characters: everyone
narrator: Jake
Summary: Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Tobias and Marco are walking through an abandoned construction site when suddenly they discover a crashed alien ship, with a dying alien inside. The alien is an Andalite named Elfangor, who gives the five kids the power to morph before he is killed by the evil Visser Three. As the five Animorphs, as they name themselves, try out different morphs, they learn more and more about the Yeerks, and how they may be able to defeat them.
rating: *****
aliens encountered: Visser Three
new morphs: shrew, cat
new characters: Melissa Chapman
narrator:Rachel
Summary: Rachel's friend Melissa Chapman has been acting funny--she just may be a Controller. It is up to Rachel and the other Animorphs to spy on Melissa and find out. In the end they discover that it is not Melissa who is a Controller, but her father, vice-principal Chapman.
rating: *****
new characters: Tobias's hawk friend
narrator: Tobias
Summary: Ever since that eventful night flying above the Yeerk pool, Tobias has been trapped in hawk morph, living his life as a hawk with no morphing powers. Most of the time he feels useless to the Animorphs. Then one day Tobias decides to take his own life. Can Rachel stop him before its too late?
rating: *****
new morphs acquired:dolphins, seagulls
new characters:Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
narrator: Cassie
Summary: Cassie has been receiving mysterious messages from somewhere deep in the ocean. Is it just a hallucination, or something worth checking out? The Animorphs learn soon enough when they morph dolphins to track down the source of the message....
rating: ****
new characters:Visser One (Marco's mom)
narrator: Marco
Summary: Marco's mom died a few years ago, and ever since then, he's felt it's his responsibility not to die or leave his father; after all, he's all his father's got. That's why he never wanted to join Animorphs. In all the struggles and fights, there was a high chance that he could get killed. So why fight the Yeerks? Then, suddenly, Marco discovers something that changes his opinion about fighting the Yeerks completely...
rating: ***
narrator:Jake
Summary: The Animorphs thought they had enough problems--until Jake accidentally falls into a Yeerk pool and becomes a Controller --a morphing Controller. It's up to the Animorphs to get the Yeerk out of Jake's head before all their secrets are revealed to the enemy.
rating: *****
new aliens encountered: Ellimist
narrator: Rachel
Summary: The Animorphs encounter the Ellimist, a strange alien creature who freezes time and sends them to the future, so that they might see how the future would be if they give up the fight.
rating: *****
morphs acquired:Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Marco
narrator: Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
Summary: Ax is an Andalite aristh, a warrior cadet who's flown ships fought in battles, and morphed all sorts of creatures. However, the greatest challenge yet awaits him: morphing a human.
rating: ***
morphs acquired: horned owl, ant
narrator: Cassie
Summary:Ax and Visser Three have a chance encounter in the forest, during which Ax must decided whether to kill the Visser or to spare him for his host's sake.
rating: ****
morphs acquired: spider, bat
aliens encountered: Chee
new characters: Erek King
narrator: Marco
Summary: Marco discovers that his old friend Erek is not a Controller, as he had suspected, but is one of the last of the Chee, a race of doglike androids who have preserved the essence of their masters, the Pemalites, in the form of dogs.
rating: *****
narrator: Jake
Summary: The Animorphs discover that Jake's mysterious flashbacks are the result of a Sario Rip, a rip in time, which requires them to travel back in time to fix.
rating: ****
morphs acquired:
new characters: Jeremy Jason Mac Cole
narrator: Rachel
Summary: Rachel discovers that the teen heartthrob Jeremy Jason Mac Cole is into something a lot deeper than fame--can we say, Yeerks?
rating: *****
morphs acquired: Tobias, Hork-Bajir, raccoon
aliens encountered:Ellimist, Hork-Bajir
narrator: Tobias
Summary: The Ellimist again offers Tobias a chance to regain his morphing powers, and the Animorphs help two Hork-Bajir to a safe haven.
rating: ****
narrator: Cassie
Summary: The Animorphs discover that the secret behind Zone 91, which the Yeerks are making a huge ruckuss about, is nothing more than an Andalite toilet.
rating: ****
new aliens: Leerans
narrator: Marco
Summary: The Animorphs discover an underwater Yeerk base, where a psychic race of aliens called Leerans have just been enslaved. Easy solution, right? Just blow it up? Wrong. Because, among the visitors to the base, is someone Marco knows all too well...
rating: ****
new morph: rhinoceros
new characters: Joe Bob Fenestre
narrator: Jake
Summary: The Animorphs discover that the Yeerk in the head of Joe Bob Fenestre, president of Web Access America, is none other than the twin of Visser Three. The Visser's twin is bent on the downfall of the Yeerk empire, even it means killing both Yeerks and humans in the process.
rating: ***
narrator: Rachel
Summary: The Animorphs discover a new way to defeat the Yeerks: oatmeal. Only problem is, how to get it to the Yeerks in their natural state? Easy--burrow underground!
rating: ****
morphs acquired: Leerans
narrator: Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
Summary: When the Animorphs are accidentally transported into zero-space, they encounter an Andalite battle ship, and it is up to Ax to decide whether to stick with his friends, or to stick with his fellow Andalites.
rating: ***
morphs acquired: caterpillar
new characters: Karen
narrator: Cassie
Summary: Cassie becomes discouraged and disgusted by all the violence the Animorphs must endure, and so she decides to quit. But in the process, she accidentally reveals her identity to a Controller...
rating: *****
morphs acquired:
aliens encountered:
new characters: David
narrator: Marco
Summary: A kid named David has found Elfangor's blue box. Now David knows the secret, and will do anything to become the most powerful Animorph of all.
Narrator: Jake
Summary: David turns out to be a traitor to the Animorphs, especially when he starts taking risks that could get the Animorphs killed.
Narrator: Rachel
Summary: Rachel decides to kick David's butt after he almost kills Jake and tries to kill the other Animorphs.
Narrator:Tobias
Summary: The Animorphs investigate someone claiming to be Tobias' long-lost cousin.
Narrator: Cassie
Summary: The Animorphs run into microscopic-sized trouble when the Helmacrons land in Cassie's barn.
Narrator: Marco
Summary: The Animorphs go to the Arctic to sabotage the Yeerks' plans to build a new Kandrona source. What they didn't count on was frozen feet and cold-blooded Venber...
Narrator: Jake
Summary: The Animorphs experience a new level of terror and challenge when they take on the Crayak, arch enemy of the Ellimist.
Narrator: Rachel
Summary: To preserve their secret, the Animorphs must beat the Yeerks to an underwater ship which holds the Chee's secrets.
Narrator: Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill
Summary: The Animorphs thwart the Yeerks' plans to develop a substance which will make humans more willing to become controllers.
Narrator: Cassie
Summary: Cassie must find a cure on her own for the sickness which has suddenly overtaken the other Animorphs...
Narrator: Marco
Summary: Marco must make some tough decisions when he discovers that his mother, also known as Visser One, is in town.
Narrator: Jake
Summary: Jake's grandfather dies and his family decides to go out of town for the funeral for a few days. This presents a problem to Tom's Yeerk which the Yeerk may go as far as killing Jake's father to solve.
Narrator: Rachel
Summary: The Animorphs have a problem when, after demorphing, Rachel splits into two people with opposite personalities.
Narrator: Tobias
Summary: The Animorphs' problems increase when the Yeerks create a device which can force people to demorph.
Narrator: Cassie
Summary: In order to discover the location of a hidden Yeerk ship, Cassie allows the mind of Aldrea to become part of her own.
MEGAMORPHS
The Hork-Bajir Chronicles
ALTERNAMORPHS