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Animorphs is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. The core themes of the series are horror, war, imperialism, dehumanization, sanity, morality, innocence, leadership, freedom, family, and growing up.

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Book series.name
Animorphs
Book series.image
The Invasion Front Cover.jpg
Book series.caption
The original cover of the first book in the series, entitled The Invasion, showing Jake as the protagonist.
Book series.author
K. A. Applegate, Michael Grant
Book series.cover_artist
David Burroughs Mattingly
Book series.country
United States
Book series.language
English
Book series.publisher
Scholastic Publishing
Book series.media_type
Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook
Book series.number_of_books
54 main series books; 10 companion books
Book series.list_books
List of Animorphs books

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Official website

Animorphs | The Scholastic Parent Store

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publication date
1996-06-00
title
Animorphs
end time
2012-09-00
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23 sections
Contents
  • Plot summary
  • Development
  • Writing
  • Cover art
  • Characters
  • Animorphs
  • Other main characters
  • Secondary characters
  • Publication
  • American editions
  • International editions
  • Animorphs Classics
  • Books
  • Ghostwriters
  • Toys
  • Adaptations
  • Television series
  • Film
  • Video games
  • Audiobooks
  • Graphic novels
  • References
  • External links

Animorphs is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. The core themes of the series are horror, war, imperialism, dehumanization, sanity, morality, innocence, leadership, freedom, family, and growing up.

Published between June 1996 and May 2001, the series consists of 54 books and includes ten companion books, eight of which fit into the series' continuity (the Animorphs Chronicles and Megamorphs books) and two that are gamebooks not fitting into the continuity (the Alternamorphs books).

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