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The Escape (Animorphs #15)

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Marco is an Animorph and he loves being the center of attention,lets just say he is the humorus one in the group.He and his dad thought his mother died 2 years ago.But he found out his mother is the highest ranking yeerk[visser one] and comes face to face with her.I liked this book a lot and would recomend it for anyone.

This one is getting a synapsis, as I didn't see an in depth one written out in the first ten or so reviews. To fully understand all of the terminology, refer to Animorphs 1: The Invasion and the other 14 which lead up to this one. This is helpful, but not critical to the reader, because Applegate always gives a very brief explanation at the beginning of each book, allowing someone to pick up on the series on any single book.

Eerk the pacifist Android Chee informs the Animorphs of a new Yeerk project which is under high security on an nearby, isolated island. He also tells Marco that Visser One, who stole away the body of Marco's mother to become its host (the full story of how/why is later told in the series in the book Visser) is overseeing the project. The most serious problem is it involves an aquatic race called Leerans, which are physic, and if these mind reading aliens are able to be taken in force as hosts, all will be lost for the human Animorphs. Their very survival depends on their enemy Visser Three (again, see earlier books) thinking they're Andalite renegades who escaped the initial attack in space over planet earth. If their secret is let out, death or worse to themselves and families would be instant.

Some very serious problems occur when the group morphs dolphins to explore the underwater base of operations, resulting in the team needing a new morph. Unfortunately, the morph needed is a hammerhead shark, and they run into some adventures acquiring it.

Action packed with tension strung here and there to keep the story interesting, along with Marco's sardonic wit, the book reaches an interesting climax with a face off between Visser One, Marco, Visser Three, and the other Animorphs. No spoilers, but this book gets 5 stars for good readability, a quick paced plot, and well grounded, serious story.

Now, a short bit for anyone like parents, or someone else outside the target audience who might be curious about this series. Marco is the comic of the group, and even though he pops plenty of jokes, many of them funny, we see more to him than that. Above all, he doesn't want anyone to pity him, and he's a hurting young boy who lost his mother -- yet didn't lose her. As he put it, he's trapped by hope itself, showing the duel edge to the emotion. While his mother lives, there's a chance she can be saved, but if she were truly dead, he could heal to move on with his life. Marco is also the Animorph with the most inner rage, which was seen particularly in The Android with the spider morph. There's a very brief section in this novel which is insightful to that, and has a very deep moral to it about power... and power corrupting. Marco is sorely tempted to murder some school mate bullies who are teasing him ruthlessly and cruelly about his mother. Partially through shark morph, but still almost all human, his teeth are changing, and he keeps staring at the bully's throat, almost aware of the blood pumping through it. This is a very subdued part of the book, but Jake keeps Marco from being rash. We'll never know if Marco would have actually gone through with it or not, but we can hope he had the strength not to. This is one of the few places where Applegate introduced the idea of corruption through a very awesome power, at least within the main characters. She expands on it in later books with a character called David, who they turn into an Animorph and everything goes awry.

On the other side of the scale, we see just how much Marco loves his Mom, even more personally than before. The reader experiences first hand the loss he lives with day by day, and why he makes fun of life to laugh instead of cry. A well written, very good "page turner" overall, with some interesting threads and humor.

In this book Marco and the other animorphs and Ax go to an underwater complex where the Yeerks (including Visser 1, marcos mother) are turning hammer-heads into controllers. The way marco is feeling and the things he gos through is enough to breack your heart, except your too busy laughing at Marcos always funny Jokes! I LOVE Marco & Animorphs.

Against my will I found this book fabulously fascinating and intense. This is the good ol' Animorph intensity I like to see. Every now and then K. A. Applegate puts out a book that is truly exciting. Marco, I think, is one of her best-written characters as well as one with the most exciting and poignant storyline.

ISBN 0590494244 - First, I'm not an Animorphs fan and this book isn't the one that's going to change my mind. The greatest problem for newcomers to the series will be that it is, in part, in another language. Vissers and Yeerks and Leerans, and really, it's not worth getting your brain in a twist to riddle it all out. If you ARE a fan, apparently you'll be disappointed to find out that Marco, usually the funny guy, is not a one dimensional character.

Marco's mother, presumed dead but actually the current host to Visser One - THE bad, bad guy - is back and up to something underwater. To find out what she's up to, and to put a stop to her plans, the Animorphs will have to acquire a shark morph and face an underwater battle. To make matters worse for Marco, the others don't know what he's dealing with - to destroy their enemy, they'll have to destroy his mother!

The mention of Howard Stern was a little surprising in a book aimed at kids. As an adult, if I was looking for books for my kids, I'd probably take a pass on the whole Animorphs series - and I'd definitely skip this one.

- AnnaLovesBooks

In this book the Animorphs find out that visser one is supervising an underwater project. They are making shark-Controllers to invade the Leeran home world. the Leerans are mind-readers, and the Animorphs know the Yeerks must fail the Leeran invasion, or the Yeerks will know that the're humans. Oh, and by the way,A reader from TX, USA, Rachel is in love with Tobias, not Marco.

When Marco and the other Animorphs investigate Visser One's secret underwater project, Marco finds out that his mother is his worst enemy--the leader of the Yeerk invasion of Earth.

I thought this was a good book because they went on an underwater search and they found an underground vault. That was the best part in the story so far. The best part was when they had the battle inside!!!

It was cool! The exciting stuff happens right in the begginning, instead of at the middle where your falling asleep. I love the part where Tobias has to aquire a dolphin morph, and his talons get stuck to the dolphin. But when Marco and the Animorphs go underwater in dolphin morphs, Marco comes face to face with Visser One:His Mom! And Marco is not sure this is a battle he wants to fight........

I absolutely LOVE Marco books! Partly because he has such a cool point of view, and partly because of VISSER 1! I'm glad the other Animorphs know that she's Marco's mom. This book is really really good. I like Marco's new haircut. I don't know what's up with the other Animorphs. I can tell Marco likes Rachel, no matter how much he tries to cover it up! It's SO obvious! Ummmmmm.... That's all! READ THE BOOK!!!