Animorphs #35: The Proposal [Paperback]

K.A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Animorphs

The Yeerks are stepping up their invasion tactics. And Marco has problems of his own. His dad is starting to date. But Marco knows his mother might still be alive.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; First edition (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 043914597X
• ISBN-13: 978-0439145978
• ASIN: 043907035X
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Katherine Applegate's many books include the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter book series, the picture book The Buffalo Storm, and the award-winning novel Home of the Brave. With her husband, Michael Grant, she wrote the hugely popular series Animorphs, which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Katherine was inspired to write The One and Only Ivan after reading about the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, the Shopping Mall Gorilla. The real Ivan lived alone in a tiny cage for twenty-seven years at a shopping mall before being moved to Zoo Atlanta after a public outcry. He is now a beloved celebrity at the zoo, which houses the nation's largest collection of western lowland gorillas. Ivan is well known for his paintings, which he "signs" with a thumb-print.

Katherine lives in California with her husband and two children.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars K.A IMPRESSES AGAIN., January 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Animorphs #35: The Proposal (Paperback)

K.A yet again impresses the whole nation of Animorph lovers. With a heart-touching story. The main plot of the story is that Marco's dad is getting married again. This puts him under a lot of stress, so therefore making him muff up his morphing. With an important mission happening marco can't afford to muff it up. I'm not going to tell you the rest. So here we have the exciting, humerous, mushy Animorph book. Exactly what you expect from an author this good.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like, totally cool, February 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Animorphs #35: The Proposal (Paperback)

i luv this book cause of the plot. There's this guy named William Roger Tennant and he's kinda like Richard Simmons. Exept on his show he surounded by lava lamps listening to callers and telling them about the sharing. So they try to stop him. This book is mostly a comedy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loss of humour justified..., December 13, 2000

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"innle" (NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animorphs #35: The Proposal (Paperback)

I don't agree that Applegate should be criticised for making Marco more serious here. Consider the situation (if you can't remember read the recap in the first chapter of each book!): everyone is now an utter mess psychologically. Hence the loss of humour. Plus the point, in terms of character development, of the Marco books is to show us that there's more than just his facade of jocularity. To be a 'rounded' character, he needs to be able to explain himself, to be dark, to have flaws. Et voila, we have this book.

Personally I thought this was one of the best since about #29: plot AND character advancement, as well as an interesting premise. Plus the truncated, disjointed sentences seemed to be a little in abeyance. Even the obligatory pop-culture references (Hanson, take a bow) are better executed than of late. It really affected me emotionally (sob)...