{"id":1661,"date":"2016-07-04T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T16:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2016-07-04T16:37:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T20:37:42","slug":"episode-52-animorphs-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-52-animorphs-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 52 &#8211; Animorphs #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/animorphs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1662 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/animorphs.jpg\" alt=\"Animorphs #1 by K. A. Applegate\" width=\"201\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/animorphs.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/animorphs-150x220.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priscellie.com\">Priscilla<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/priscellie\">@Priscellie<\/a>) read <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/299fTBH\"><em>Animorphs #1: The Invasion<\/em> by K. A. Applegate<\/a>. As the first entry in our Flashback Summer, we revisited our favorite teens who can turn into animals, and also the one teen who is a bird. Renata and Priscilla reminisced fondly about reading the series as youths, while Kait found the entire premise of human children turning into animals to fight aliens to be questionable, for some reason. What better way to spend the 4th of July than by turning into a bald eagle and celebrating your independence from our Yeerk oppressors? (N\/B.: if you are not from the USA, you may turn into a different bird of your choice.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-52-animorphs-1\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2015\/04\/02\/the-animorphs\/\">The Toast: <em>The Animorphs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2013\/11\/19\/scientific-questions-animorphs\/\">Scientific Questions About <em>Animorphs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-book-news\/article\/45461-scholastic-to-give-animorphs-new-life.html\">Scholastic To Give <em>Animorphs<\/em> New Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/gzhau\/\">K. A. Applegate&#8217;s Reddit AMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Literature\/Animorphs\">Animorphs on TV Tropes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twentyghosts.tumblr.com\/post\/30293090267\/you-guys-i-just-met-katherine-applegate-and\">The Time Renata Met Katherine Applegate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kait says <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29iUwgD\">Raven&#8217;s Revenge<\/a>, Priscilla says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hugostacos.com\/food\">gluten-free churros<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinnabon.com\/bakery-treats\">Cinnabon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29cq4F0\"><em>Baby-Sitters Club #56: Keep Out, Claudia!<\/em> by Ann M. 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