The Sickness (Animorphs #29) [Paperback]

K. A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999 | Age Level: 9 and up

The Animorphs' alien friend Ax is in trouble. He's come down with a virus called "yamphut", and it's making him very sick. The Animorphs discover the virus could be deadly--but they can't take an "alien" to the hospital. They need to come up with a plan--or lose their friend forever.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590762621
• ISBN-13: 978-0590762625
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #517,667 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

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars animorphs #29, May 9, 2000

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sara (australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sickness (Animorphs (Prebound)) (School & Library Binding)

In "The Sickness" Cassie hears about Aftran, the yeerk that showed Cassie that not all yeerks are bad. Aftran has been taken by Visser Three for questioning. Cassie and the other animorphs have to try and rescure her. But Ax has fallen sick and since doctors are out of the question, Ax is dying! But they have continue with out him to save themselves and Aftran. One by one the animorphs get sick with the same thing that Ax has. soon Cassie is the only one left. So Cassie has to continue alone...

This is one of the best in the series, it is well written and the plot is full of little twists and turns.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Animorph book ever! And I love all of them!, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Sickness (Animorphs #29) (Paperback)

This is an awesome book! It's about Cassie. She has to removeAx's Tria gland, because he has a disease called Yamphut. All theothers get the disease, but it does not effect them as much because they are human. Cassie also morphs a Yeerk so she can save Aftran. Visser Three found out about the Yeerk Peace Movement, and he planned to kill her. Luckily, Cassie saved her, and the Animorphs gave Aftran the power to morph. Aftran became a nothlit. She will remain forever a dolphin.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad..., August 1, 2002

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"annavr" (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sickness (Animorphs #29) (Paperback)

Ax gets sick with a deadly Andalite disease called the Yamphut. He will die unless his Tria gland is taken out... of his head. Meaning brain surgery.
Just to complicate matters, the Yamphut is contagious, and pretty soon all the Animorphs except Cassie are sick, too.
And just to make things really impossible, Visser Three finds out that Aftran has sided with the Animorphs. He wants to torture her until she reveals everything she knows - which would doom the Animorphs.