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The Test (Animorphs, No. 43) Paperback – July 1, 2000

by K.A. Applegate (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 108 ratings
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Taylor, the human-Controller who had once tortured Tobias for the Yeerks, recaptures him but claims that she now belongs to a peace movement and needs help from the Animorphs.
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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Book 43 of 54
    Animorphs
  3. Print length
    144 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    4 - 6
  6. Lexile measure
    520L
  7. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.25 x 8 inches
  8. Publisher
    Scholastic Paperbacks
  9. Publication date
    July 1, 2000
  10. ISBN-10
    0439115175
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0439115179
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Paperbacks; First Edition (July 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0439115175
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0439115179
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 520L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.25 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 108 ratings

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Katherine A. Applegate

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written many books for young readers, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal.

Katherine’s picture books include THE BUFFALO STORM, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion Books); THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF IVAN, THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Clarion Books); and SOMETIMES YOU FLY, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books).

She’s written two early chapter series for young readers: ROSCOE RILEY RULES, a seven-book series illustrated by Brian Biggs (HarperCollins); and DOGGO AND PUPPER, a three-book series illustrated by Charlie Alder (Feiwel & Friends).

Books for middle-grade readers include HOME OF THE BRAVE (Feiwel & Friends); THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, illustrated by Patricia Castelao (HarperCollins); THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, illustrated by Patricia Castelao (HarperCollins); the ENDLING trilogy (HarperCollins); CRENSHAW (Feiwel & Friends); WISHTREE (Feiwel & Friends); and WILLODEEN (Feiwel & Friends).

With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ANIMORPHS, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. They also wrote two other series, REMNANTS and EVERWORLD, and a young adult novel, EVE AND ADAM (Feiwel & Friends.)

Katherine’s work has been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, Best of the Year lists, and Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists.

THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN was made into a Disney movie starring Brian Cranston, Sam Rockwell, and Angelina Jolie.

Katherine lives in California, with her family and assorted pets. She is represented by Elena Giovinazzo at Pippin Properties, Inc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Dark Descent (spoilers)
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
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The gang has done some... morally questionable things in the past, but this is a new level of morally grey. I think this is the first time in the series you can definitively, without question say that the Animorphs were planning to commit actual war-crimes. The scariest part is how cool the kids seem to be with it. Suddenly, all but two of them are practically gung-ho about murdering innocent people who just happen to be in the way. I guess I shouldn't say 'suddenly' though. The story so far seems to be one of corruption. These kids have no real rules of engagement. No context or education for how they ought to conduct themselves in a war. They're just kids who've been given tremendously powerful weapons and were thrown into the middle of a galaxy-spanning conflict with no support, no information, no tactics, and really no hope of success. The results are appropriately horrific as you would expect. It's clear whatever good intentions the group may have had at the start have been seriously corrupted. Cassie is probably the only one of them who has managed to stay at least somewhat consistent and morally grounded, but she was always the moral compass of the group. The Test in this book is whether or not the Animorphs would stoop to using the very same tactics as their enemies by allowing the ends to justify the means. If it weren't for Cassie's intervention, they would have murdered their allies as well as countless innocent people. But the most upsetting part is that after all of that, the group seems to still stand by their decision. They still failed the test.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2016
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Great book! Will purchase from seller again!
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Swank Ivy
5.0 out of 5 stars Animorphs #43 (with nerdy analysis!)
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
Tobias's serious stuff is tested by having to revisit his torturer. As if he isn't psychically scarred enough by having been tortured and being trapped as a bird who occasionally pretends to be a boy and being in such a weird position as far as his relatives and relationships . . . now he has to face it again? If these kids had therapists, the therapists would need therapists after hearing their stories.

Notable moments and inconsistencies:

This book is ghostwritten by Ellen Geroux.

Tobias is trying to rescue little Bobby, but has to go for help because he "doesn't have a morph that can haul Bobby out of there." Tobias's large land morphs include a polar bear, a horse, and a bull, not to mention his own human self; "I don't have a morph for that" seems like a poor excuse.

When Tobias is imprisoned after getting injured, he claims he can't morph even though the Yeerks might come and get him, because there are video cameras recording him. After the humans left, it would have been much more practical to morph into a fly and get out of the cage than it was to just sit and wait to be found. Tobias seems to be making a lot of stupid decisions in this book.

This book incorrectly uses the term "jerry-rigged." The accepted terms are "jerry-built" or "jury-rigged." Something that's "jerry-built" is inexpertly thrown together and it's always an insulting term. "Jury-rigged" just means that you rather ingeniously thought of a temporary solution.

This book again mentions "AOL," even though their fake version of AOL in a previous book was called "Web Access America."

In this book they say that Taxxons are only given as hosts to low-ranking Yeerks, because their insane hunger is very hard to master. But in a previous book, it's established that two of the Council members--the highest-ranking Yeerks in existence--have Taxxon hosts (albeit Taxxon hosts who are fed scraps of meat nearly constantly).

Two new Andalite terms are introduced in this book: unschweet, which is a process of cutting an Andalite's fur as a dishonor, and notallssith, which means being unable to control a morph.

It's been said in other books that sometimes Yeerks try to escape a dying host's head "before the death reaches them." And yet in this book Taylor suggests she will survive if she crouches inside the skull of her host inside a reinforced metal shell. It seems like if the host dies, she should die too regardless of whether the Yeerk's physical body is preserved--unless she disengages completely from the brain somehow, and that isn't specified.
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Jonathan Pongratz
4.0 out of 5 stars Good inner struggle for Tobias
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2020
I gave this book three and a half stars.

Overall this was an entertaining installment in the Animorphs saga, but could've been better. 

This time around we're in Tobias's POV. After saving a young boy's life, Tobias finds himself captured by the controller Taylor who tortured him before. Only this time she wants something from him and the other Animorphs. What could it be? Can they trust her? Or could this just be another trap?

Tobias was overall portrayed pretty well. His reflection on the torture he went through and how that broke him really resonated well. I think he had a great inner journey. The other Animorphs seem to fit their normal roles, although I thought Cassie was a bit too tree-hugging this time around. At some point they are destined to make horrible decisions, and that time is now, so I disagree with her biased viewpoint. 

As far as the plot goes, yay, another mission! Some of the recent books have gotten a bit off track from the big picture, and this brought things back to where they should be in my opinion. The stakes are high this time because there is potential to take out Visser Three according to Taylor, and the mystery element was good. The whole time I kept second guessing myself if she was speaking the truth or just lying to them to get what she truly wanted underneath it all. That kept me on my toes. 

However, there was a rather large plot hole at the beginning. After Tobias is first injured after saving the boy, he has several chances to escape, but he didn't take them. Some of it was justified with worries that his morphing would show on camera or something to that effect, but with his life on the line, I had a hard time believing he would just sit there and do nothing.

I also found myself a bit disappointed by the end of the book. Like come on, we are on book 43 now. We need some more epic plots here! Yes, this was entertaining but it didn't wow me by any means, and if they don't start making some serious dings in the Yeerks' plans, what good will all their struggles do?

Overall, this installment of the series was exciting, and though I was a bit disappointed, I think there was enough character progression with Tobias to make this one worth reading. 
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Alex Zarycka
5.0 out of 5 stars Profound
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2020
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Beautifully profound, and so interesting! I wished there was more. This one makes the readers think for sure, although I disagree on the author's idea about evil
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