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The Unknown (Animorphs #14) (edition 1998)

by K. A. Applegate (Author)

Series: Animorphs (14)

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There's a new rumor in town. Someone has discovered an item that proves life on other planets exists, and they've been hiding it on a base called Zone 91, the most secret place on Earth. Cassie and the other Animorphs already know about life on other planets. Too well. Their enemies the Yeerks will try to access Zone 91, to find out if what's there will threaten their mission to conquer to the planet. So the Animorphs decide to pay Zone 91 and the Yeerks a little visit. But what they discover is not at all what they expect.… (more)
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Title:The Unknown (Animorphs #14)
Authors:K. A. Applegate (Author)
Info:Scholastic (1998), 166 pages
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Tags:J Fiction, Animals, Sci Fi, eBook

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The Unknown by K. A. Applegate

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Spring 2020 (Animorph's Read 2020 March/April);

I have too much of a soft spot for Cassie and Cassie's POV, to actually down mark this book (to at least a 2.5, if not to my second 2). But it's a feat of herculean strength not doing it, because every 'teenage haha' scatological joke and the reliance of a plot point that was all about a bathroom on top of it just really made me want to roll my eyes. ( )
  wanderlustlover | Dec 27, 2022 |
The horse thing was kind of hilarious but to be honest it didn't make a lot of sense. The image of a horse using a payphone to make a call is going to live in my brain forever now. ( )
  mutantpudding | Dec 26, 2021 |
Fun fluff series that gets less and less fluff over time. ( )
  wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |
Another Cassie book, another low rating. It's not Cassie's fault - its just this plot had little going for it.

A woman named Crazy Helen has reported some odd behavior in the local wild horses to Cassie's dad.

Sidebar: OK, where in the country are these people? They're in a city big enough to have a few skyscrapers, major television stations, a theme park/zoo, malls, as well as seashore, virgin forest, mountain ranges, arid lands, and wild horses now? All a 'morph away with time to be home by dinner? Come on Applegate.)

I don't know why that is so important now. I should be more puzzled by the lack of video surveillance anywhere.

Where was I? Right. Wild horses. The wild horses were acting strange according to Crazy Helen so Cassie and her dad went to check it out with Rachel along for the ride. The horses were bizarre.

The strange horses have an interest in 'Area 91', an Air Force base in the heart of the Dry Lands where rumors of UFOs have attracted scrutiny in the past. Obviously, the Animorphs need to check this out.

The Animorphs, even the Andalite one, are kids, so their plans can be a little patchy. I have serious objections to the Yeerk plans at the government facility and later in the House of Horrors at the theme park (don't ask). What is this? The one point of humor relates to the 'secret' at the heart of Area 51, I mean 91.

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  ManWithAnAgenda | Nov 3, 2019 |
I didn't enjoy this one much. Found myself skimming at the end, to be done with it quicker. It has a ridiculous premise- ridiculous even for Animorphs. Cassie's father goes to a place near a secret military base called Zone 91 (obvious reference to Area 51) to check on a sick horse. Turns out the horse is behaving very oddly and the Animorphs suspect it isn't a horse at all. They return later and find out the Yeerks have been taking over horses' minds. This could have been really interesting, except it wasn't. The author made it appear that horses are fairly dumb, so that part of the story was boring. Except for where the kids all go to a racetrack to acquire horse morphs so they can blend in with the Yeerk-horses as spies- and Cassie ends up in a race. As a horse. Later they figure out what the Yeerks are actually doing on the base as horses- and it's really inane. Funny, but inane. The kids get caught by a military captain but escape as roaches. They crash an event at the Gardens (the amusement park half of it) where the enemy are attempting to infect more humans, and end up fighting Hork-Bajir warriors and Visser Three himself in the middle of a haunted house ride. Sorry, but those final chapters with the fight scenes just made me roll my eyes. The plot had several holes in it I couldn't ignore. Another part of the overall story is about crazy people who believe in alien abduction- and the Animorph kids think this is all fake- because they know the real aliens who have invaded. There could have been some real strong irony there, but again it fell flat for me. The dialog wasn't as amusing, and the introspective parts not nearly as thoughtful, as usual. Moving on.

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  jeane | Oct 10, 2018 |
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There's a new rumor in town. Someone has discovered an item that proves life on other planets exists, and they've been hiding it on a base called Zone 91, the most secret place on Earth. Cassie and the other Animorphs already know about life on other planets. Too well. Their enemies the Yeerks will try to access Zone 91, to find out if what's there will threaten their mission to conquer to the planet. So the Animorphs decide to pay Zone 91 and the Yeerks a little visit. But what they discover is not at all what they expect.

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