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The Mutation

The Mutation

JuvenileMiddle Grade
Pages
142
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

Jake and his friends head to the deepest part of the ocean to stop Visser Three from scavenging advanced alien technology. Instead of a simple mission, they stumble upon the Nesk, a strange civilization living in the dark. The team must survive the crushing pressure and a new enemy before their secrets are exposed.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AdventurousTenseMysterious
Secret IdentityFirst Contact

Genres

Juvenile Middle Grade Science Fiction Space Opera Children's Books Body Horror

About the author

K
Katherine Applegate

Katherine Alice Applegate is an American writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld and other book series (Animorphs was co-written with her husband, Michael Grant, under the joint pen name K.A. Applegate). She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her children's novel The One and Only Ivan. Applegate's most popular books are science fiction, fantasy, and adventure novels. She won the Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997 from Publishers Weekly. Her novel Home of the...

Characters

JakeProtagonist
Visser ThreeAntagonist
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