Back to before
Katherine Applegate
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches if helpful, pausing to track what changes in this version of the characters’ lives and what remains unresolved about the Yeerks.
- Themes
- Changing the past: Jake wishes the Animorphs had never existed so the group could be ordinary kids; the wish comes true, but the Yeerks remain. The premise sets up a contrast between the hoped-for ordinary life and the new situation created by the wish.
- Worth knowing
- The plot involves an alien Yeerk threat, which the friends do not know about, and their inability to morph. The book is also categorised under horror, though the degree of frightening or suspenseful material is unclear.