Cassandra Van Wyck

Scared and curious, the Animorphs experiment with Elfangor’s gift. On Cassie’s family farm, Jake, Rachel, Marco, and Cassie take turns practicing their new morphing powers, experiencing, for the first time, what it feels like to be a horse, a cat, and a rat. The Animorphs, now confident about their new ability, return to the crash site to retrieve a lost disk given to them by Elfangor, who warned the kids to guard it with their lives. To their horror, when the Animorphs arrive at the construction site they find the place filled with “human-Controllers,” or Yeerk slaves...!

There’s something suspicious about a new club called “The Sharing.” Jake’s all-star basketball player brother, Tom, has quit the team to join, and Marco’s father is also enthusiastic about signing up. When The Sharing holds a meeting at the school, the Animorphs, posing as Controllers, take advantage of the opportunity to find out more. They are led into an ominous “Yeerk Pool,” where Controllers must “revitalize” every three days to survive...but will the Animorphs ever get out alive?

The Animorphs are unsatisfied with their progress in the fight against the Yeerks. Even Rachel, the first to volunteer for every mission, is thinking about moving away to live with her dad for a while. As if in answer to their thoughts, an omniscient alien, the Ellimist, shows the Animorphs the probable future – complete Yeerk domination of the Earth. The Ellimist offers the kids and their families refuge on another planet so they will be safe if Earth is taken over. Will the Animorphs abandon the battle to save the Earth in order to save themselves?