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"While wandering through an abandoned construction site, five kids encounter a dying alien who warns them of evil mind-controlling parasites that are slowly taking over their planet. To help the kids fight the invaders, the alien gives them the power to transform into any animal they touch. Now Jake, Rachel, Marco, Tobias, and Cassie must use their new abilities to find the Yeerks and save the Earth -- or die trying. " Michael Jung, Resident K.A. Applegate Scholar
"Imagine your friends and family being taken over, one by one, by invisible, unseen enemies. Imagine the only thing standing between the enslavement of planet earth and the rest of the galaxy is a bunch of Earth kids and one alien, with only the power to shapeshift, to turn into anouther being by will. Well, its true, and its happening. Earth is being taken over by parasitic alien slugs called yeerks. Aliens who crawl into the minds of beings all over the galaxy and take complete control over them. Only a handful of kids know of the secret invasion, and their only weapon is the power to morph into any animal they can touch. Earth animals against the monsters and masterminds of the galaxy... can you make the change?" Rira, Resident K.A. Applegate Scholar
"Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Tobias meet Elfangor, an andalite. This alien gives them the power to change into any animal. They learn about the Yeerks, and about how they are trying to take over Earth." Joel Holz, Resident K.A. Applegate Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 23.3%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 23.3%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 13.3%

Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
If an invasion, from Earth/human POV: - subtle invasion (mind control, lookalikes)
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - can fly
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mastermind
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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