The Departure (Animorphs, vol. 19) [Paperback]

K.A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Animorphs (Book 19)

Cassie is tired of the missions. She's tired of the secrecy. She's tired of being an Animorph. So she quits. But the fight is far from over. A human-controller has discovered Cassie's secret.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590494511
• ISBN-13: 978-0590494519
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,287 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Animorphs book, March 24, 2001

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BMSGrl2 (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Departure (Animorphs, vol. 19) (Paperback)

K.A. really tops herself with this book. I used to think of Yeerks as just evil slug with no feelings, no right to live. But after reading The Departure, I thought about what the Yeerks were really trying to do: survive. We do that when we eat animals and plants. If we said that the Yeerks were wrong for trying to survive, then we are wrong for eating plants and animals. Maybe there is a better way to survive then by taking over planets, like symbiosis, but the Yeerks don't know that, just like we don't think about substituting meat and plants with something else. Cassie understood that, and she accepted to be infested by Aftran to show her that maybe there was another way. Maybe what changed Aftran was the fact the Cassie didn't hate her, but pitied her. Maybe thats what we need to change Earth. Maybe thats why in book 52, Ax says that people like Cassie are more dangerous, because they pity the enemy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definately the Best Cassie and In the Top Animorph category!, August 25, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Departure (Animorphs, vol. 19) (Paperback)

Wow! Iloved this Book! I think everyone was impressed because usually the Cassie books stink. This book is a turning point in the Animorph series. Cassie learns that she can't escape the war, but when she has to return, it will be even harder to fight . .

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa..., December 16, 2000

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

This review is from: The Departure (Animorphs, vol. 19) (Paperback)

A shame to leave this one out of your reading list! Cassie's usually the one to explore the moral dilemmas the Animorphs face, and The Departure is no exception. It's a different structure: the Jake chapters at the end, for example. However, I didn't think Applegate really succeeded in portraying the emotional devestation that would have been caused by Cassie's presumed loss late in the book - a minor detraction from a book that provides legitimate narrative furthering.