The Invasion by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant
If you were a devotee of the Scholastic Book fairs as a kid, perhaps you remember the Animorphs series by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant (initially credited together as K. A. Applegate). That captivating series kicked off in 1996 with The Invasion . I don't recall how I first encountered Applegate and Grant's iconic series, but encounter it I did. This staple of my childhood began--as many science fiction series do--with an alien coming to Earth. An encounter with that alien leads him and a group of five teenagers to gain the ability to morph into any animal they've touched. But life isn't all floating like a butterfly, Earth is under attack. The alien and teens must use everything at their disposal--especially their new morphing powers--to defend Earth. Additionally, if any of them morph into an animal for more than two hours, they will be stuck and if they do not maintain a firm grip on their humanity, their animal form will take over. Even though ...
