The Encounter (Animorphs#3)
by K.A. Applegate
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Author: K.A. ApplegateEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-01
ISBN: 0590629794
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Book Reviews of The Encounter (Animorphs#3)
Book Review: Reader over 25
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the book I actually began with, and what got me hooked into the Animorphs from start to finish. Because other reviewers kindly give the general plot before I take up the keyboard, I'm adding my own thoughts from different perspectives. This is the first book from Tobias' viewpoint, and where most kids/teens have a multitude of problems they face in the every day world, he has an entirely new set. Yet the book manages to keep him very much someone I believe everyone can identify with in some way. Who hasn't had some place in their life where they felt they utterly did not and could not fit in, even if only for a short time? Tobias is the ultimate example of that, as his human mind and heart are trapped inside the body of a bird of prey. That same boy doesn't want to take life, even to live himself, in spite of the hawk's instincts. What happens when, like the "First Comers" of Elfquest (reference to Richard and Wendy Pini's series) this gentle, civilized boy is forced back in time, to directly kill what he needs to eat and survive. Mankind once was forced to do so, but turning back the clock is shown to be properly disturbing in this book. It's a problem I would certainly hope no reader would ever have to face, but the story itself can easily reach whoever is reading it by the emotional upheaval which is well written out by Applegate. There is also insight to "do I feel sorry for myself and give up?" or "Do I fight this, and if so, how?" Those are also both very easy issues to relate to for any reader. Although the problems are vastly different, do we give up, or do we make the best of what we have and continue? All while these questions, and many others, are being faced, this book is a roller-coaster ride of action from the first chapter to the ending. Some of the Animorphs have a kind of "template" to them, starting in one way, telling the story, and ending a certain way. This doesn't distract from them, however, nor make them overly predictable. A beautifully written story with a twist and very memorable close. It truly does inspire us all to "fly free" in our imaginations, leaves us with a story of the courage not to give up, and just a touch of bitter sweetness. As always, it's also a very interesting way of inspiring interest in the birds of prey of our world. There was one minor inconsistency in this one, where Marco morphed a bald eagle instead of an Osprey. Throughout the entire series, I've only found two such "wrinkles." The other was in the first book where the Animorphs could communicate telepathically even when one was human, it only took one to be in morph - not both as would later be established. Considering the length of the run, however, I tip my hat to Ms. Applegate for that being the only ones.
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Warned to never stay in his animal shape for more than two hours, Tobias forgets when he becomes involved in a rescue campaign and faces being trapped in a hawk's body forever.Literature Books
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