Animorphs Re-Printing in Spring/Summer 2011

I'm sure I'm among the few who still remember this series, but in the interest of spreading the word in case I'm not (and in the hopes of gaining new fans), I wanted to post about this.

http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5362.0

K.A. Applegate's Animorphs is a great little series from the late 90's, early 2000's, and it's honestly my favorite book series of all time, even if that's due to nostalgia goggles a little bit. I'm not going to lie, it's no Harry Potter in terms of epic-ness and it's no Jurassic Park in terms of good writing, but it's a great long-running series to get kids to start reading, and a great sci-fi romp for those of us who already read.

For anyone who doesn't remember or the new fans, here's a short synopsis of book 1, The Invasion, taken from the official Scholastic Anibase.


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There are days when one small decision can change the rest of your life. Jake, Rachel, CAssie, Marco, and Tobias never expected to find anything in the old abandoned construction site except crumbling buildings, trash, and the occasional homeless person - but that was before they were given the power to morph into any animal they touched. Now, these five kids - the Animorphs - are Earth's only hope against a secret invasion by a race of parasitic alien slugs called the Yeerks. Can they face all the surprises that will come - and still have time to be normal kids?

I'm not sure on the exact release date yet (I don't think it's even been set yet), but sometime next year, the first of hopefully many omnibus books for this series is set to be released, collecting books 1 and 2, and with new cover art, and possibly updated references and text (though I'm kind-of wary on that part myself). I urge any old fans to buy these to support the entire series being re-released, and anyone just looking for a good new young book series to read to give them a look as well. If things go well, we'll get the entire series re-printed so they're easier to find, and even possibly a new series out of the deal.

I leave you with the wise words of Jake, as adorning the top of every book -


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We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky, and we've got to be careful. Really careful. So we don't trust anyone. Because if they find us... well, we just won't let them find us...The thing you should know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you.