Okay, I know there are many, many issues that people would have with this book. Stereotypes being among them. And I am sure that others will go into great detail about them. However, there is one thing that is seriously, hopelessly, glaringly wrong with this book that I feel the need to point out.
To help illustrate this point, I have drawn a handy map. Examine this map closely, and see if you can figure out what is wrong with this book.
This is how planes usually fly form the US to Australia, and vise versa. I have personal experience of this, in fact, from when I visited the US. I traveled between Sydney and San Fransisco, and since the consensus is that the Animorphs lived somewhere in California, this provides a rough estimate. This is a fourteen hour flight. As you can see, there is pretty much NO LAND flown over during this flight. I know I spent some time wishing my plane would just land on one of those tiny islands we would see occasionally so that I could actually move around, but alas, that was not possible. It is water all the way.
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Date: 2010-05-31 06:24 am (UTC)To help illustrate this point, I have drawn a handy map. Examine this map closely, and see if you can figure out what is wrong with this book.
This is how planes usually fly form the US to Australia, and vise versa. I have personal experience of this, in fact, from when I visited the US. I traveled between Sydney and San Fransisco, and since the consensus is that the Animorphs lived somewhere in California, this provides a rough estimate. This is a fourteen hour flight. As you can see, there is pretty much NO LAND flown over during this flight. I know I spent some time wishing my plane would just land on one of those tiny islands we would see occasionally so that I could actually move around, but alas, that was not possible. It is water all the way.