The Encounter (Animorphs#3) [Paperback]

K.A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996 | Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Animorphs (Book 3)

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.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590629794
• ISBN-13: 978-0590629799
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #546,124 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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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Redtailed Approves, September 12, 2003

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J. Yelton "Redtailed" (UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Encounter (Animorphs#3) (Paperback)

A delightful find. This is the third book in the young adult/teen series "Animorphs" in which the character Tobias permanently becomes a Red-tailed Hawk. The Animorphs story is generally very good and the characters interesting and rich. The author manages to write about the animal aspects in a believable way. I usually find transformation and shapeshifting stories to have story lines that make the whole point of transformation become lost. Applegate keeps the adventure intact by being descriptive, entertaining, and involving. This series is a must-read for those who enjoy animals, shapeshifting, and adventure.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tobias, January 24, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Encounter (Animorphs#3) (Paperback)

Well,I have Read the entire Animorph Series and This is DEFINETLY
The BEST!!Rachel and Tobias are my favorite characters.And this Book is Almost all about Rachel and Tobias!
This is the story.....
In the first book(after the battle)Tobias discovers that he is trapped in hawk morph forever...As he tries to ajust to his New life he has to deal with the Yeerks.
While flying one day Tobias thinks he sees something move across the sky,or at least he thinks he does.After some investigation the Animorphs discover the it is a ship,a very large ship,Infact,It's a YEERK SHIP!!After the Animorph have A close Call(they ALMOST get trapped as wolves),Tobias starts to Realize that he will be a hawk forever,that he will never be Human again...Tobias Goes of for a few days and has to deal with his first kill,it soon becomes too much for him And he tries to kill Himself....

Fnd out the rest and Read this GREAT book!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Tobias..., August 24, 2004

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Doodle456 - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Encounter (Animorphs#3) (Paperback)

Tobias isn't like the other Animorphs. When they're done fighting Yeerks or flying through the sky, they just morph back from their animal bodies to their regular bodies. But Tobias stayed in hawk morph for longer than two hours. Now, he's going to be stuck as a hawk forever. Tobias is trying to deal with this pain, but nothing can make him feel better about it. Especially when he starts to feel attracted to a female hawk--even though he's a human on the inside.

Jake, Rachel, Cassie, and Marco are trying to help him get used to life as a hawk. But they're busy worrying about a gigantic Yeerk ship, and a new secret discovered--the Yeerks need lots of water from Earth for them all to survive. The kids use this information to morph fish and get inside the Yeerk ship. But when they get trapped, it's up to Tobias to save them--even though he's not human.

THE ENCOUNTER is the first Tobias book, and Tobias books are one of the best of the Animorphs. I thought that K.A. Applegate described Tobias's struggle through life as a hawk very well. The only problem that I had with this book was that it was a little boring. The only real action of the book was towards the end. But it's a good-read for Animorphs fans, and a must-read for all Tobias fans.