[Animorphs Reread] The Capture by K.A. Applegate

 The CaptureAnimorphs #6
K.A. Applegate
February 1997
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 It was really bad when Jake found out his older brother was one of them. It was even worse when Tobias stayed in his morph too long. But nothing compares to the horror the Animorphs are about to face. Nothing.
Jake and the other Animorphs have a feeling they know where the Yeerks' new base is located. And they've found out how to get in - how many people will really notice a few flies on the wall? But they never figured that they might get caught. Or that Jake could fall into the Yeerk pool. That Jake could become a human-Controller. A Yeerk. The enemy.

I'm stupid behind on this as well. I will have to figure out what book I'm supposed to be on and catch up accordingly. Onwards with the Animorphs snark.

This book was from Jake's point of view. The Yeerks have set up at a local hospital where patients that check in, check out with an infestation. An influential governor is set to go under the knife for a quiet and unpublicized surgery. The governor will soon be running for President. And so, the Animorphs must stop the infestation.

They morph flies in order to be able to do this, and all pretty much goes to plan. They infiltrate the hosptial without people freaking out too much. They find the mini Yeerk pool and destroy it. Unfortunately, Jake slips and falls into the pool and gets infested in the process.

That part was pretty far in the book. I remember when I was first reading it that it seemed to be right away, and most of the rest of the book was devoted to getting Jake out of that predicament. I guess, in all honesty, that the next couple of chapters are just really boring.

They have to tie Jake up, keep him in a shack in the woods for three days in order for the Yeerk to die. The Yeerk just happens to be the one that was infesting Jake's brother. What a small invasion force. The Yeerk pontificates at Jake for awhile, tries to escape, fails, dies. Jake is back to normal.

I liked this book initially, but it was another one that didn't stand the test of time or my changing sensibilities. What I found exciting as a tween ended up being quite boring in the long run.