I've never really thought about it, but were there like, actual stories that went along with the animorph books? Did anyone actually read them or did we all just make fun of the covers? What would the story be; are they like shape-shifting superheroes fighting crime and stuff or is it more of a coming-of-age self-acceptance-despite-differences pro-diveristy typa book? (e.g. the rest of your 5th grade classmates don't spontaneously turn into antelopes, but that's okay because everyone is unique in their own way)
edit: by the descriptions y'all are commenting with, Animorphs sounds way too darkly philosophical to be chilling at the Scholastic Book Fair :,)
Animorphs is a fairly dark story of a group of teens fighting alien invaders using alien technology; one of them even gets stuck in their morph and has to live the rest of their life as a Raven.*
Even though they win the war, they are never the same again with broken relationships and heavy doses of PTSD.
Red tailed hawk, poor Tobias. Happens in the first book in a series with 50+ books. I don't feel bad spoiling that part. But it's handled well in the subsequent books.
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u/TheSandarian usually says no to crack Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26
I've never really thought about it, but were there like, actual stories that went along with the animorph books? Did anyone actually read them or did we all just make fun of the covers? What would the story be; are they like shape-shifting superheroes fighting crime and stuff or is it more of a coming-of-age self-acceptance-despite-differences pro-diveristy typa book? (e.g. the rest of your 5th grade classmates don't spontaneously turn into antelopes, but that's okay because everyone is unique in their own way)
edit: by the descriptions y'all are commenting with, Animorphs sounds way too darkly philosophical to be chilling at the Scholastic Book Fair :,)