Narrator: Rachel

           Pages: 175

           Chapters: 23

            Published: June 1996

            Cover: Rachel changes to cat

            Cover Quote: "No one knows who they are."

Book Summary

If someone told you Earth was under a silent attack, there's a good chance you'd think they were pretty strange.  If that same person said Earth's only means of defense depends on the actions and powers of five kids, you'd probably start to look for a quick exit.  Guess what?  It's all true.

Rachel, and her friends knew they were in for some pretty strange stuff from the very beginning.  How often do you run into a dying alien who gives you the power to morph into any animal you touch?  But that was before they knew what they would be up against.  Now they know.  And they know what they have to do.  Before it's to late....

Morphs

Jake: Falcon. Flea

Rachel: Eagle. Shrew. Cat

Tobias: Hawk

Cassie: Osprey

Marco: Osprey

Sample of Book

My name is Rachel.  I won't tell you my last name.  None of us will ever tell you our last name.  Whenever I do use a last name, it's a fake.  Sorry, but that's the way it has to be.  And we won't tell you the name of our town, or our school, or even what state we are in.  If I told you my last name the Yeerks would be able to find my friends and me.  And if they ever find us, it will be the end.

They might kill us. Or worse.

Yes, there really is something worse than death.  I've seen it.  I've heard the cries of despair from those doomed to be slaves of the Yeerks. I've watched as the evil gray slugs writhe and squeeze in through the ear and take over what was a free human being.