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The Reaction (Animorphs, No 12)

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Greetings earthlings from your oh-so-ancient reviewer (who is way over the target age group, I know.) I browsed over the other reviews and didn't find an in depth synapsis, so before my usual spill on the "older than thou" side, I'll start there. The reaction starts out with a humorous tone which quickly turns to action. While in the Gardens (a zoo/water park combination) a very young boy falls into a crocodile pit. Rachael and Cassie are there on a field trip, and while Cassie runs for help, Rachael takes matters into her own hands. Dropping into the pit, herself, she attempts to rescue the boy, coming face to face with a very ancient, deadly predator which has changed very little since the time of the dinosaurs. Forced to acquire the crocodile or be eaten by it as a side dish to the person she's trying to rescue, Rachael manages to absorb the DNA (see Animorphs #1: The Invasion for the full story of how this came to be) from the beast. It leaves her feeling woozy and sick, but there's no time to question that with the situation.

Unfortunately, dealing with explaining to her friends how she took unacceptable risks is the least of her worries, because Rachael is allergic to the crocodile, and unaware of that fact, she begins to have bouts of uncontrolled morphing. The results are disastrous, resulting in her house partially collapsing as a floor falls under the elephant's weight, to almost morphing in front of Chapman, and almost blowing a mission. Fortunately, the crocodile pit episode as well as the house falling in put her in a very good position. Her father, a TV newscaster, flies into town to check up on her, and with his help, she's able to get the Animorphs into a place to fulfill their main objective of the plot.

The main mission of this story deals with a young TV actor who is a ultimate teen heart throb, and is about to start endorsing the Sharing. Adored by teen girls nationwide, the Sharing's influx would skyrocket by such an endorsement, and the Animorphs hope to keep it from happening. Rachel's string of "accidents" make her a minor celebrity, and able to get into the local show where the actor is scheduled to appear for the endorsement.

Through all of this, Rachael tries to get a grip on her out of control morphing, and learns the allergy can be taken charge of by keeping a rein on any powerful emotions. For those who have followed the series to this point, I won't need to explain how very "un-Rachael" that thought is. Ax explains she'll need to expel the DNA of the crocodile in a kind of "burping" process. Naturally, this happens at the worst possible time toward the climax of novel, creating a large variety of havoc. As always no "spoilers" to how it ends, so the review halts there, but pandemonium, humor, and action tie up the end of the story.

Now for the 'older than thou' bit which I'm doing basically for any adults out there who are curious about these books (teachers, parents, etc.) This one doesn't have any heavy hitting moral threads running beneath it, but it does deal with something every girl has gone through (or will) at some point in her life -- the crush on a movie/TV star. It also deals with the disillusionment as someone finds out that the glamor and gloss on the object of their crush turns out to basically be a jerk. This one is full of humor, some tense scenes, an action/fight scene at the end, and quite creative. Applegate presented yet another new idea for her Animorphs, and a totally unique problem which had to be dealt with.

Rachael got some pretty stuff happening.She can't control her morphing.(rachael is an animorph,any animal she touches she turns into.)one minute she would be listening to music and the next she's morphing into a full grown crocidile!No one is sure,but rachael and the others have to find out quick whats happening before any one catches her oyt of control or else they're in serious trouble!

This book was about how Rachel got an allergic reaction to the crocidile morph and she couldn't control her morphing.She and Cassie got to go to this talk show because a Controller was gonna be there and talk about the benifits of the Sharing which is really a group formed by the Yeerks to get more human Controllers.So she and the other Animorphs go but because of her allergy to the crocidile morph and her un-comtrolled morphing, a disater happens! I suggest you read this book if you like the Animorhs!It's good.

In this book Rachel morphs crocodile.It is so cool.Rachel has a morphing sickness.Whenever she has any emotion she morphs.If you want to find out about the rest of the book read it.

This book is awesome. It's action packed and funny and my total favorite animorph book. Rachel Is so cool and my favorite character. Ever animorph fan should read it.

This book is confusing, but it is very funny. while aquirning a croc, Rachael begins to morph uncontrolibly. She morphs in her room and the house comes crashing down. She starts to morph in front of Chapman, but he dosent notice. Read the book to find the ending!

The Animorphs and Rachel must discover why she's morphing uncontrollably before her secret is accidently revealed.

This book is GREAT! Something happens to Rachel, and she has uncrontrolable morphing. She damenging her home and almost morphs infront of a whole crowd of people! and in live T.V.! ANIMORPHS IS NO.1! AND RUUUULEE!

This book is crammed with:Sience, comedey, and adventure. I recomend this book to many good readers.

Rachel is pretty lucky! She has that amazing talent to spend money! She gets into some pretty awkward places in this book, and has some trouble with her croc(NOT GATOR!!!)morph. I really enjoyed the humor in this book. KA Applegate is a wonderful author. If you enjoyed the other books in this series, you should love this one!

P.S. does anybody else think that the cover illustrations are a little wrong? Don't they have to wear skin-tight clothes to morph?