"Applegate, Katherine A - Animorphs - 24 - The Suspicion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Applegate Katherine A)

It wasn't something I liked thinking about. In any case, once we'd
gotten the box back, I'd been the one chosen to hide it.

And now a toy spaceship was attached to it. I lifted up the silver toy
and examined it. It was about three or four inches long. It was shaped
like a baton, with three clusters of three long tubes at the far end and
a fierce, alien death's-head bridge at the front.

I grinned at Rachel. "Romulan?"

10 "Marco would know. Or Jake. I guarantee you, either of them would be
able to take one look at this toy and give you a ten-minute explanation
on what show it's from and what stories it was in."

"I'll throw it in with the other Goodwill stuff," I said. ! did. Then I
looked up at the sky. Bright sun peeking through fluffy clouds. "Okay,
I'm not a beach person, but this day is too good to waste. I'll go with
you. I'll just go find a pair of my mom's Bermuda shorts to wear. The
big, striped ones."

The look on Rachel's face was perfect: horror struggling with disbelief.

"Kidding," I said. "Just kidding. I'll go get my suit. You are so easy,
sometimes."

11

Most Powerful Emperor, Lord of the Galaxy, disaster has struck your bold
minions! Our engines have malfunctioned. We searched the planet for a
power source we could tap. But now, even as me replenished our strength
from a strange source of transforming power, one of the alien monsters
of this planet has attacked! We have sustained damage, but we are
undaunted! Perhaps the weak and unworthy captain of the Planet Crusher
will assist us so that we may achieve everlasting glory!

- From the log of the Helmacron ship, Galaxy Blaster

We spent a couple of hours at the beach. I have never been so bored in
my life. I'm sorry, but I basically hate the beach. Still, Rachel
enjoyed it, and she is my best friend.

12 We wore our suits home and it wasn't till I was walking up the
driveway that I realized Jake was waiting.

Jake is the leader of the Animorphs. Mostly because he's the only one
with enough sense of responsibility to take on the job.

And to be honest, I kind of like Jake. As in like. He's Rachel's cousin,
and the two of them are very similar in the way both are brave and bold
and decisive. But Rachel has an edge of recklessness that Jake doesn't.