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'''''The Reunion''''', published in May 1999 and written by [[List of Ghostwriters|Elise Donner]] based on an outline by [[K.A. Applegate]], is the thirtieth book in the ''[[Animorphs (book series)|Animorphs]]'' series. It is the ninth book narrated by [[Marco]] and the sixth book with Marco as the sole narrator.
  
'''''The Reunion''''', published in May 1999 and written by [[List of Ghostwriters|Elise Donner]] based on an outline by [[K.A. Applegate]], is the thirtieth book in the ''[[Animorphs (book series)|Animorphs]]'' series. It is the ninth book narrated by [[Marco]] and the sixth book with Marco as the sole narrator.
   
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Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a Controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen. Marco wants his mom back.
  
Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a Controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen. Marco wants his mom back.
   
 
Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax realize that Marco is under some serious stress. And that the situation with his mom could very well jeopardize everything they've worked for. Now they also have to wonder if Marco will be the one to give away the secret of the Animorphs...
  
Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax realize that Marco is under some serious stress. And that the situation with his mom could very well jeopardize everything they've worked for. Now they also have to wonder if Marco will be the one to give away the secret of the Animorphs...
   
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* [[Jara Hamee]] {{Green|Mentioned Only}}
  
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Revision as of 19:44, 4 December 2018

This article is written from a Real World point of view.

"We take out Visser One. We take out Visser Three. We leave the Yeerks believing they've erased the free Hork-Bajir colony. The free Hork-Bajir end up much safer; the Yeerks end up leaderless."
―Marco to the other Animorphs[src]

The Reunion, published in May 1999 and written by Elise Donner based on an outline by K.A. Applegate, is the thirtieth book in the Animorphs series. It is the ninth book narrated by Marco and the sixth book with Marco as the sole narrator.

Plot

Official Description

Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a Controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen. Marco wants his mom back.

Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax realize that Marco is under some serious stress. And that the situation with his mom could very well jeopardize everything they've worked for. Now they also have to wonder if Marco will be the one to give away the secret of the Animorphs...

Plot Summary

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Major/Highlighted Events

  • Marco spots his mother (Visser One) while ditching school for the morning, and follows her to an office building. He returns later that night with Tobias and Ax, where they discover that she has been demoted to Sub-Visser rank after the destruction of the underwater base at Royan Island. Additionally, Visser Three has convinced the Council of Thirteen that she is a traitor and thus they have issued a warrant to kill her on sight.
  • Realizing that they can use this opportunity to kill both Vissers at the same time, Marco makes a deal with the former Visser One – trade the location of the Hork-Bajir Valley, which the former Visser is looking for, in exchange for an opportunity to eliminate Visser Three.
  • Marco grapples with the choice to continue fighting to save his mother or to kill her and her Yeerk at the same time.
  • Visser One wonders why Ax speaks the most out of the Animorphs and why he is the only one not in a morph, prompting Marco to suggest that they should act more like Andalites when conversing with her.
  • Tobias, Ax, Jake and Cassie speak to Visser One for the first time.
  • Visser One reveals to the Animorphs that she has looked over the casualty reports for deaths incurred by the "Andalite bandits" on Earth and that there is not a single human casualty, therefore revealing that she believes some of them to be humans.
  • Marco mentions The Prince of Egypt, causing Visser One to realize that the "Andalite bandit" facing her is actually human.
    • Visser One discovers that her host body's son, Marco, is one of the "Andalite bandits" when he tells his mother he loves her before attempting to kill her.
  • Visser One falls over the ledge to her apparent death, although Rachel reveals that her body was not found.
  • As of this book, the current year is now 1999.
    • Marco mentions the 1998 DreamWorks film The Prince of Egypt, which released in the United States on December 18, 1998. Given that this book is not set in winter, this would mean the series at this point is now taking place in 1999.

Morphs

Morpher

Morphs acquired Morphs used
Jake -- Peregrine Falcon, Housefly, Cockroach, Siberian Tiger
Rachel -- Cockroach, Bald Eagle, Hork-Bajir (Jara Hamee)
Tobias Cockroach, Mountain Goat Cockroach, Hork-Bajir (Ket Halpak)
Cassie -- Cockroach, Osprey
Marco Human (Mr. Grant), Mountain Goat Housefly, Human (Mr. Grant), Seagull, Cockroach, Silverback Gorilla (Big Jim), Osprey, Mountain Goat
Ax Hork-Bajir (Jara Hamee), Mountain Goat Northern Harrier, Cockroach, Mountain Goat (possibly)
Visser Three -- Human (Main), Unnamed Chameleon-like Crab creature

Trivia

  • The front cover quote is, "Marco must make the ultimate sacrifice...".
  • The inside cover quote is, "A bug's life...."
  • This marks the first time that Marco acquires a human morph. If one counts Ax and his acquiring of Jake, Rachel, Cassie and Marco's DNA in The Message as separate acquisitions, this marks the eleventh time that an Animorph has acquired a human morph.
  • This is the fourth and fifth instance in the series where an Animorph acquires a morph that they do not morph into in the same book, with Tobias acquiring a mountain goat morph that he does not morph into, and Ax, having acquired Jara Hamee some weeks prior to the main events of this book, morphing the Hork-Bajir for the first time in The Prophecy. It is also not clarified whether Ax used the mountain goat morph himself, although it is possible that he did in order to evacuate the hikers on the mountain trail.
  • This also marks the second instance in the series where an Animorph acquires a morph they never use once during the entire series, with Tobias acquiring a mountain goat morph that he does not morph into; the first instance was in The Secret where Jake acquired a termite that he never morphed into.
  • This is the first time where an Animorph acquires an individual for the sole purpose of placing them in a trance rather than requiring their DNA.
  • Chapman is once again referred to as "assistant principal" after having been referred to as the "vice principal" from The Pretender to this book.
  • This is the second instance where the Tobias-Ax-Marco sub-team is used, after The Escape.
  • The Scholastic School Market Edition of this book was half the thickness of the regular book, with no inside cover or raised text on the cover.
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The earlier "Watch Animorphs on TV" logo used for books 21-24, and the redesigned logo used for books 30-54.

  • Marketing: The redesigned "Watch Animorphs on TV" logos started printing on the covers with this book, and continued to be placed on all the books until the end of the series (May 2001), even though the TV show ended only a few months later (October 1999) after the logos began.
  • Mr. Grant is named after series co-author Michael Grant.
  • ANIBASE: Over the course of the series, the Animorphs have all changed in various ways. For instance, in this book Marco revealed his ability to see clearly from point A to point B, to focus on what needs to be done and how to do it -- even if it may mean killing someone he loves. Here's how Katherine Applegate summed up Marco's character development: "Marco developed over the life of the series from the reluctant warrior into the most ruthless of all the Animorphs."

Goofs/Inconsistencies

  • Marco's morphing suit tears when he morphs into Mr. Grant, even though the outfit is meant to disappear when one morphs. However, it is possible Marco either subconsciously retained the suit since he was morphing a human or intentionally kept it since otherwise he would have been nude in a public setting.
  • Marco opens Visser One's bathroom door twice on p54.
  • On p69, Marco states that "we" demorphed; however, out of Marco, Tobias and Ax, he was the only one in a morph.
  • On p87, Marco's injuries from the mountain's fall remain, even though he would have had to morph in order to leave The Gardens, which would have healed his injuries.
  • Tobias is said to have left the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic to get the Chee in chapter 17, but he is still present within the group by the next page.
  • In The Sickness, Cassie informs Erek that the computer in the barn has no modem. However, in this book, Ax and Marco use the computer to send an e-mail to Visser One.
  • Marco is in human form on p96, unable to communicate with his friends. However, on p98, he uses thought-speak to talk to Jake even though he is not in morph.

Gallery

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Books
Main Series #1 The Invasion | #2 The Visitor | #3 The Encounter | #4 The Message | #5 The Predator | #6 The Capture | #7 The Stranger | #8 The Alien | #9 The Secret | #10 The Android | #11 The Forgotten | #12 The Reaction | #13 The Change | #14 The Unknown | #15 The Escape | #16 The Warning | #17 The Underground | #18 The Decision | #19 The Departure | #20 The Discovery | #21 The Threat | #22 The Solution | #23 The Pretender | #24 The Suspicion | #25 The Extreme | #26 The Attack | #27 The Exposed | #28 The Experiment | #29 The Sickness | #30 The Reunion | #31 The Conspiracy | #32 The Separation | #33 The Illusion | #34 The Prophecy | #35 The Proposal | #36 The Mutation | #37 The Weakness | #38 The Arrival | #39 The Hidden | #40 The Other | #41 The Familiar | #42 The Journey | #43 The Test | #44 The Unexpected | #45 The Revelation | #46 The Deception | #47 The Resistance | #48 The Return | #49 The Diversion | #50 The Ultimate | #51 The Absolute | #52 The Sacrifice | #53 The Answer | #54 The Beginning
Megamorphs The Andalite's Gift | In the Time of Dinosaurs | Elfangor's Secret | Back to Before
Chronicles The Andalite Chronicles | The Hork-Bajir Chronicles | VISSER | The Ellimist Chronicles
Alternamorphs The First Journey | The Next Passage
TV Tie-Ins Meet the Stars of Animorphs
Graphic Novels #1 The Invasion | #2 The Visitor | #3 The Encounter | #4 The Message
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