The First Journey
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“I never used to be afraid, Jake,” Cassie said. “Not of anything. And now it’s like I’m afraid all the time.”
“You deal with it, though,” I said. It made me nervous talking about feelings like this. I guess I think if you just don’t talk about the fear, it will go away. “You always deal with it,” I repeated.
“So far,” Cassie said softly. “So far.”
About the Author
The Animorphs series, written by Katherine (K. A.) Applegate with her husband, Michael Grant, has sold millions of copies worldwide, and alerted the world to the presence of the Yeerks. Katherine and Michael are also the authors of the bestselling Remnants and Everworld series. On her own, Katherine is the author of Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, and the Newbery Medal–winning The One and Only Ivan. Michael is the author of the Gone and Front Lines series.
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#1: The Invasion
#2: The Visitor
#3: The Encounter
#4: The Message
#5: The Predator
#6: The Capture
#7: The Stranger
#8: The Alien
#9: The Secret
#10: The Android
#11: The Forgotten
#12: The Reaction
#13: The Change
#14: The Unknown
#15: The Escape
#16: The Warning
#17: The Underground
#18: The Decision
#19: The Departure
#20: The Discovery
#21: The Threat
#22: The Solution
#23: The Pretender
#24: The Suspicion
#25: The Extreme
#26: The Attack
#27: The Exposed
#28: The Experiment
#29: The Sickness
#30: The Reunion
#31: The Conspiracy
#32: The Separation
#33: The Illusion
#34: The Prophecy
#35: The Proposal
#36: The Mutation
#37: The Weakness
#38: The Arrival
#39: The Hidden
#40: The Other
#41: The Familiar
#42: The Journey
#43: The Test
#44: The Unexpected
#45: The Revelation
#46: The Deception
#47: The Resistance
#48: The Return
#49: The Diversion
#50: The Ultimate
#51: The Absolute
#52: The Sacrifice
#53: The Answer
#54: The Beginning
#1: The Andalite’s Gift
#2: In the Time of Dinosaurs
#3: Elfangor’s Secret
#4: Back to Before
The Andalite Chronicles
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The Ellimist Chronicles
ALTERNAMORPHS
The First Journey
The Next Passage
Text copyright © 1999 by Scholastic Inc., based on the ANIMORPHS book series by K.A. Applegate.
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First edition, April 1999