The first five books form the introductory arc, in which we meet each of the Animorphs in first person, and we see them become personally invested in the fight against the Yeerks. Yet I can’t wait to tackle the next one! Graaargh!Īnyway, The Capture kicks off what we might tentatively call the second arc of the Animorphs series.

And I’m only six books in, but I still feel like I’m going through them too fast. Now they last maybe an hour, if I’m careful. Back in the day, I used to be able to stretch these out for at least the whole day. Still, I dislike it for entirely selfish reasons. That doesn’t exactly leave much time for details. These books were originally coming out fast and furious, only a few months apart. It’s so fetch.) Julie opined on my review of #1: The Invasion that Applegate’s sparse prose is a positive, earning her the moniker “the Hemingway of YA,” and I can see her point. Fellow Animorphist (Is that a thing? I’m making it a thing. In fact, from now on, just assume that whenever I say “the Animorphs come up with a plan…” the “it goes horribly wrong” is implied. Yikes! So the Animorphs come up with a plan to infiltrate the hospital and put a stop to that, and-wait for it- it goes horribly wrong. That way, they can infect the people who go there for treatment-including powerful people, like the state governor, who might one day be the President of the United States.

See, the Yeerks have built a shiny new hospital that they have staffed with Controllers.

None of the preceding five books could prepare us for The Capture.

The Capture by K.A. Applegate