Chapter 1 and 2 Summary

In Chapter 1, Cassie is an Animorph. She can't say what her last name is or where she lives. It's a matter of life or death that she maintain her secrecy. If caught, the Yeerks would either kill her or make her a slave by forcing a slug into her brain and turn her into a Controller. There are good things about being an Animorph. The other night, instead of being in bed she was in the barn preparing to turn into a squirrel. Her father is the head vet at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic. She helps her father tend to injured birds and animals they keep in the barn. Her mother is a vet at the zoo at The Gardens.

Cassie has learned that as an Animorph, she has to control her animal instincts. Some of the transitions are difficult, like...