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Animorphs #47: The Resistance

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In this book the Yeerks invade the free HB colony. there is also the diary for one of Jake's ansestors who was a general in the Civil war. It's not too good :(

I am an avid Animorphs reader...but this book left me disapionted. I thought it was the worst out of the whole series. I did not like the diary entries from Jake's grandfather. If you are looking for realism read this book otherwise just skip the diary entries because they give no addition to the story except make it longer.

The invasion is starting to speed up, the animorphs series has started to get a bit continuous between books 25 and 40. Now it looks as if things are starting to change. There are two stories to this book. One is about the Hork Bajir being discovered and the other is about Jake`s ancestor from the civil war which I didn`t like much (why I gave the book three stars). The story seemed to go off the boil a bit because every other chapter was Jake`s ancestor, Isaiah Fitzhenry`s journal from the cival war. Apart from that it was really good. The Animorphs and Ax have to make the most importent decision they`ve ever had to make: Do they continue to fighy the Yeerks in secret, or is it time to let everyone know there is a resistance? It`s good how The Animorphs and Ax save the Hork Bajir with a Beaver morph and... well I won`t say much it`a good book worth reading.

This book is worth a read to Animorph fans but, people just picking up the series might find it confusing. Unfortunatly, there are one too many plot lines in this book to make it one of the best. The two-stories-in-one-book idea made me feel that K.A.A. didn't want to spend the time to make a full-length, high quality, Animorph book so she threw in a second plot about the Civil War. To conclude, K.A.A, if you are reading this, please in the future stick to one story line.

I find, The Resistance ,a very good addition to the on-going animorphs series.Applegate did a good job of continuing the storie's plot ,yet making the book more than one of those "in the middle books"that just give you information for the next book instead of telling a story.This book significantly showed the animorphs continuing struggle to save earth and the choices they will soon have to make.The way that the author worked the old cival war diary into the book to show Jake's emotions made the book more interesting.If you enjoy the animorphs series this is a must read.I think this to be the best book Applegate has written in this series in a while.

This book was neaarly perfect, except for the fact she kept switching 2 stories back and forth, which made it hard to keep up with,and left the reader anxious to find out what happends next in the other story. But both stories have a lot of action. And you can't put the book down, because you can't wait to find out what happends next, (In both stories.) Persounally, I think she should have made them 2 different books.

The cover of #47 shows Jake changing into a beaver. I was not totally thrilled about this particular morph. I have nothing against beavers, but they do not seem like a particularly exciting animals in the battle for planet earth. As it turned out, the beaver came in very handy in a new and different way than expected.

Jake is again faced with leadership problems. The Hork Bajir are fighting for their secret valley against the usual enemies. Jake knows the friends of the Animorphs face huge odds in trying to defend their valley. Should Jake encourage the Hork Bajir to flee the valley; or stay and fight huge odds to defend their turf?

Jake and the group must also make big decisions about what to do to prepare what will come in the battles to come very shortly. The group is torn as to whether to stay a small secret group, or tell the world what is happening and try to get the help and support of people in the coming fight. Jake faces the question of secrecy when he must try to warn a group of campers to leave the area before they are swept up in the battle for the valley.

This book does not touch on some of the problems of Marco and his family covered in other recent books. It mainly focuses on the free Hork Bajir and their battle for freedom and protection of home.

Every other chapter of this book focuses on Jake's ancestor who took part in a Civil War battle. These historical chapters were supposed to be an anology of the battle taking place with the Yerks. The anology was supposed to be about a small group fighting a larger more powerful group with odds stacked against them. The historical chapters were interesting in that they were a different way of writing the story than had previously been used. That said, I found the story switch to be distracting. The Civil War and its problems is too huge to cover in a few short chapters. Some of the things said were not very accurate. The Northern army was called the Union army, while the Southern army was called the Rebels. To make things perfectly equal, which it was not trying to do, the Southern army should have been called the Confederacy. I would have preferred the story to focus on the battle with the Yerks and the Hork Bajir, rather than the historical story. But the book was a good read.

This book had quite a suprise in it from the get go. I guess I always expected the horkbajor camp to be safe. But it's not anymore because one of the free ones have been caught by the yerks. Wich means that they will now know how to get to there base.

All of a sudden it becomes a race against time. Will the animorphs stay and fight along side of the free horkbajor or will they in fact step away from it all.

This book also really shows the ware and tear that the animorphs are feeling. They want this thing to be over and quick. The questions are not just if they should stay out, its now become should they tell the world.

K.A. Applegate sets this book up beautifully and makes you really get into the characters. I never really care much about the free horkbajor characters untill after this book. Now I can't wait to see what will happen to them next.

This is one of her better ones but I get the feeling that this will pale in comparison to the ones coming up to the final showdown. Will keep reading.

Things are really starting to heat up in the struggle for Earth. Jake is fighting his own personal battle - whether or not to reveal the invasion to the public. Going public could mean getting the support they need, but it could also mean that the Yeerks, feeling threatened, would use nuclear weapons to blast entire cities into oblivian. And now the Yeerks have captured one of the members of the free Hork Bajir colony. Even though the Ellimist made the valley difficult to find when he created it, with a Hork Bajir guide, the Yeerks are sure to find it. Jake knows that this is one battle they are doomed to lose, but the Hork Bajir are determined to fight for their home. Meanwhile, a parallel story is being told - that of one of Jake's ancestors, forced into the role of leader of a small band of Union soldiers forced to fight against overwhelming odds. While this story destracted a bit from the contemporary one, it was actually an interesting tale, and it made this book one of the more unusual Animorphs books. The endings (to both stories, present and past) were very sad, however.

I have been a fan of Animorphs since 1996, when I read "The Invasion". Since then, I have collected almost every one. Mostly the books are average, but occasionally, you get the one that stands out - this is the next one to stand out! It is simply brilliant! I still think she should end Animorphs while she's ahead though.