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  People called in with problems, and he gave them helpful advice. There was something about the guy that made you want to like him. He was so relaxed. Like nothing ­could possibly bother him. And he seemed to be actually interested in what ­people had to say. Every caller was the most fascinating person he’d ever spoken to.

  I don’t know why I kept watching. I’m not a talk show kind of person. Maybe it was because I was hoping William Roger Tennant would say something to make me feel better. See, there’s another complication to my dad’s having a girlfriend. A serious one.

  But William Roger Tennant ­didn’t say anything that made me feel better. He said something that made me even sicker than my dad’s middle-aged Romeo impersonation.

  A woman caller was complaining about being lonely. She was retired. Many of her friends had passed away in recent years. She was having a hard time meeting ­people.

  William Roger Tennant listened intently to her complaint. Looked thoughtfully at the camera.

  “Marie,” he said, “I know a great place where you can make friends. It’s called The Sharing.”

  About the Author

  The Animorphs series, written by Katherine (K. A.) Applegate with her husband, Michael Grant, has sold millions of copies worldwide, and alerted the world to the presence of the Yeerks. Katherine and Michael are also the authors of the bestselling Remnants and Everworld series. On her own, Katherine is the author of Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree, and the Newbery Medal–winning The One and Only Ivan. Michael is the author of the Gone and Front Lines series.

  The invasion has begun.

  Catch up on Newbery Medal–winner K. A. Applegate’s world-conquering series.

  #1: The Invasion

  #2: The Visitor

  #3: The Encounter

  #4: The Message

  #5: The Predator

  #6: The Capture

  #7: The Stranger

  #8: The Alien

  #9: The Secret

  #10: The Android

  #11: The Forgotten

  #12: The Reaction

  #13: The Change

  #14: The Unknown

  #15: The Escape

  #16: The Warning

  #17: The Underground

  #18: The Decision

  #19: The Departure

  #20: The Discovery

  #21: The Threat

  #22: The Solution

  #23: The Pretender

  #24: The Suspicion

  #25: The Extreme

  #26: The Attack

  #27: The Exposed

  #28: The Experiment

  #29: The Sickness

  #30: The Reunion

  #31: The Conspiracy

  #32: The Separation

  #33: The Illusion

  #34: The Prophecy

  #35: The Proposal

  #36: The Mutation

  #37: The Weakness

  #38: The Arrival

  #39: The Hidden

  #40: The Other

  #41: The Familiar

  #42: The Journey

  #43: The Test

  #44: The Unexpected

  #45: The Revelation

  #46: The Deception

  #47: The Resistance

  #48: The Return

  #49: The Diversion

  #50: The Ultimate

  #51: The Absolute

  #52: The Sacrifice

  #53: The Answer

  #54: The Beginning

  Text copyright © 1999 by Katherine Applegate

  Cover illustration by David B. Mattingly

  Art Direction/Design by Karen Hudson

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  e-ISBN 978-1-338-21762-9

  First edition, October 1999