Product Description

Unable to ignore the strange dreams that she and her friends have experienced since they developed morphing powers, Cassie wonders if a dream that draws her to the sea is a cry for help or a trap.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40351 in Books
• Published on: 1996-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 160 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6. This addition to the popular sci-fi/fantasy series continues the adventures of five young people who have acquired the power to morph into animal forms from their alien friends, the Andalites. This power has helped them to survive and keeps the evil Yeerk invaders at bay. Then Cassie starts hearing strange and disturbing messages in her dreams and realizes that she is receiving a distress call from a stranded Andalite. With Jake's encouragement, she decides that they must try to rescue the alien before it is killed by the Yeerk's leader. Danger mounts as they enter the ocean as dolphins to start their search, and Cassie suddenly understands what it means to be a leader. She is truly afraid of being responsible for this mission and for her friends, and her struggles to come to terms with her decision are realistic and engaging. Though the five children are stock characters, and the conflict is thinly developed in parts (readers never hear what the message really imparts), the descriptions of becoming and living as dolphins and other animals are impressive, as is the group's knowledge that their special powers are in reality powerful weapons not to be used lightly. Average series fare.?Linda Bindner, Athens Clarke County Library, GA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

One of the Best
This is one of the best books in the Animorphs. It is also a crucial part of the series. I have read this book at least ten times. Cassie is my favorite Animorph, and this is the first book told from her point of view. It's generally about the Animorphs adventuring under the sea to find out whether someone is down there calling to them, but there were lots of smaller bits that I really liked.

Down in the deep blue sea...
Cassie, Jake, Rachel, Marco, and Tobias have been given the power to morph, change nto any animal they touch. They have to use this power to defeat the Yeerks, a slug-like species who wants to control the human race by taking over their brains. They have been through terrible things and have had strange dreams as a result. But when Cassie and Tobias start having the same dream about the sea, the Animorphs (the kids) decide to investigate. All of them (except for Tobias who is stuck as a hawk) morph dolphins and swim in the ocean looking for whoever sent those dreams. Is he friend or foe? "The Message" is just like all the others in the series: super thriller!

READ THE MESSAGE IT'S AWESOME
I recently read the book Animorphs #4 The Message. I have also read other books in the series. I would recommend this and other books in the series to a friend. I like how the novel are filled with details. They are so detailed I can see pictures in my mind. I like how K. A. Applegate incorporates science fiction with every day stuff. The kids are about my age and the town is similar. I can really relate to the school issues and what they are doing outside morphing. In this book I really like the suspense and humor of this story. It sounds so real and makes you stop and think. I also like how the author put it in a narrative or first person, using I, we, etc. In the first book # The Invasion five ordinary kids are given the power to morph by a dying alien. Now they can transform or morph into animals. The must first touch the animal and acquire its DNA. They must use their power to aid the galactic battle against the hideous Yeerks. There story continues through #2 and #3. Then #4 begins in the U.S. in an unknown town in a unknown state. (for the characters safety. This one is narrated by Cassie. It all started when Cassie and Tobias, who is stuck in Hawk form have strange ocean dreams. In this dreams a someone or something calls them. It is later identified as a lost Andalite. The plan to rescue the out of towner from the murky depths of the ocean floor. The receive help from a friendly whale and they run into trouble along the way. Will they find the Andalite and safely rescue him or perish by the impending danger? To find out read Animorphs #4 The Message.