Well, here it is at long last: the final
chapter in the Animorphs story. It began in the summer of 1996. It ends in the summer of
2001. Five years, 54 regular titles, 4 Chronicles, 5 Megamorphs and 2 Alternamorphs. An
amazing number of you have read all those books. I am deeply grateful.
I had a lot of fun writing these characters. I know it sounds pretentious to say that
I’ll miss them, but I will. It seems strange to think that I won’t ever again
write "My name is . . ." It makes me a little sad to say good-bye to Andalites,
Hork-Bajir, Chee, Taxxons and even Yeerks. It was fun sitting down every day at my
computer to invent that strange universe.
There are a bunch of people to thank. (Hey, what is this, an Academy Awards speech?)
First of all, Scholastic, in particular Jean Feiwel, Tonya Alicia Martin and Craig Walker.
Also the talented folks who created such great art for the series. And, of course the
people who never get mentioned but who are responsible for the crucial step from publisher
to bookstore: the sales and marketing force.
But mostly, I want to thank you guys. You praised, you complained, you extolled, you
demanded, you asked questions that sometimes I couldn’t answer. You told your
friends, you started web sites, you sent letters and e-mails and wrote fan fiction. You
pointed out every error I made. You were thoughtful and critical and imaginative. You were
loyal.
I want you all to know that it is my choice to end Animorphs. Much as I’ll miss
it, the time had come. Time to say good-bye Jake. Good-bye Cassie. You, too, Tobias and
Marco and Ax. Good-bye Rachel.
And now would be the time for me to say good-bye to you . . . But, I’m off to a
new series called Remnants, and I’m hoping I’ll see you over there, in that new
universe. If not, thanks from the bottom of my heart for everything.
If you’re coming along on the next trip, grab onto something because we’re
going to start off by blowing up the entire world. Then the real trouble will start.
NOTE: This letter is courtesy of Scholastic.com.
