The Reunion (Animorphs)

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The Reunion

Marco morphing into a cockroach
Author K. A. Applegate
Illustrator David B. Mattingly
Country United States
Language English
Series Animorphs #30
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Scholastic
Publication date June 1999
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 156
ISBN 0-590-76263-X
Preceded by Megamorphs #3: Elfangor's Secret
Followed by The Conspiracy

The Reunion is the thirtieth book in the Animorphs series, authored by K.A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Elise Donner. It is narrated by Marco.

Contents

[edit] Plot Summary

Enjoying a day to skip school, Marco unexpectedly runs into his mother, and discovers she is hiding in an office building, planning to find the Hork-Bajir colony. Marco, Tobias and Ax confirm this on a late-night visit, in which they negotiate a deal with Visser One. Marco begins to formulate a plan that will destroy Vissers One and Three, and free his mother, and make the Yeerks believe they have destroyed the Hork-Bajir colony. The plan goes well for the most part, but a few miscalculations reveal to Visser One that at least one of the guerilla fighters is human and there is a misconception that Jake and Cassie have died. When the Animorphs spring the battle between the two Vissers, Visser Three is forced to retreat and Visser One is believed to have perished, though not before realising that Marco is one of the warriors.

[edit] Contributions to the Series' Story Arc

  • Visser One realizes that Marco is a member of the 'Andalite bandits'.

[edit] Morphs

  • Marco - Human (Mr. Grant), Mountain goat
  • Ax - Mountain goat
  • Tobias - Mountain goat
  • Visser Three - Chameleon Crab

[edit] Trivia

  • The front cover quote is, "Marco must make the ultimate sacrifice...."
  • The inside front cover quote is, "A bug's life..."
  • This is the ninth book to feature a cover morph that was not acquired in the book. Marco and the other Animorphs acquired cockroach morphs in the sixth book, The Capture.
  • An alternative version of the front cover featured metallic ink that was more yellow in color, and a different cover quote: "Make a change... for the better." This quote would have broken the tradition of always ending the quotes with a pause instead of a full stop, in addition to being very similar to the front cover quote for The Sickness, the preceding regular-series book.