The Proposal (Animorphs)

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The Proposal

Marco morphing into a poodle
Author K. A. Applegate
Illustrator David B. Mattingly
Country United States
Language English
Series Animorphs #35
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date October 1999
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 147
Preceded by The Prophecy
Followed by Visser

The Proposal is the thirty-fifth book in the Animorphs series, authored by K.A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Jeffrey Zuehlke. It is narrated by Marco.

Contents

[edit] Plot Summary

Marco's mother, the host to Visser One, is revealed to have survived the events of book 30. Marco's father, still believing her dead from the "boating accident" several years earlier, marries Nora, Marco's math teacher. The stress from his father's actions cause Marco's morphs to go haywire, the results from his morphs are (in order of appearance): an osprey crossed with a lobster, a trout with the arms of a gorilla, a wolf spider crossed with a skunk, (A "Skider" or "Spunk" as Marco called it), and finally a poodle and a polar bear (a Poo-Bear as Marco called it). The Yeerks try to use a popular TV Icon named William Roger Tennant to try and persuade people to join The Sharing, but the Animorphs expose him on national TV when he is terrorizing Marco (in poodle/polar bear morph) which ruins Tennant.

[edit] Contributions to the Series' Story Arc

  • Marco's father marries Nora.

[edit] Morphs

Morpher Morphs Acquired Morphs Used
Jake Squirrel Squirrel
Rachel Squirrel, Cockatiel Squirrel, Cockatiel
Tobias
Cassie Squirrel
Marco Squirrel, Cockatiel, Poodle ("Euclid") Squirrel, Cockatiel, Poodle ("Euclid")
Ax Squirrel Squirrel

[edit] Trivia

  • The front cover quote is, "What's on your mind...?"
  • The inside front cover quote is, "Man's best friend? Not this man...."