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  <title><![CDATA[The Alien (Animorphs, #8)]]></title>
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  <default_description>What would you do if you were the only alien trapped on a strange planet? Probably freak out right? But as an Andalite warrior-cadetr, Ax has to be pretty cool about stuff like that. He's been hanging with the Animorphs ever since the Dome ship was destroyed by the Yeerks and his brother, Prince Elfangor, was destroyed by Visser Three.
Life on Earth is pretty different for Ax. But there is one thing he, Cassie, Marco, Jake, Rachel and Tobias have in common. Something that one alien, four kids, and a hawk know they have to do: stop the Yeerks...</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1997</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Animorphs: #08 The Alien</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Katherine Alice Applegate]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 08:56:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[We get to see Ax and all his Andalite confusion.  The growing relationship between Ax and Tobias is really interesting to see, as well as Ax's growing relationship with the rest of the Animorphs.  Also, the bits we get to see of Alloran are very nice.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Re-reading the series up to where I left off, then finishing the series off. I can't believe how short these books are compared to how long they felt when I read them in elementary school!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'ts about ax.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was funny!!!!!]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 20 08:10:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[JEAR3-App]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 29 18:31:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ax speaks! And he tells you not to eat the bookmark.  Sometimes the alien-speak is annoying, but usually it's just entertaining and sort of cool to see the world through the mind and thoughts of a young alien who is probably the one who knows the most about the overarching war but is himself a child...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31563463">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An important book, because it's the first time we hear an 'alien's' perspective on Earth and humans. I really enjoy a lot of Ax's observations, and the idea that certaint things tie all self aware life together.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was less impressed by this one than the others as there seemed to be less of a plot. Odd, as I remember this as being one of my favourites when I first read them. Go figure...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Animorphs was a good series that kept me reading.  Enjoyed these as a kid.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favor ite Animorphs.]]></body>
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