In the Animorph books how does Rachel die?

Answer 1

Well she has invaded the blade ship as a flea on top of Tom's head and suddenly she realizes she is in trouble, so she demorphs and morps into her classic grizzly bear morph, halfway through her morph someone sees her and yells "Animorph!" As she morphs, the yeerks morph into two female lions, a polar bear, a cobra ( actually Tom morphs a jaguar or something, at first but then is injured and morphs into a snake), and a African buffalo first she swings and swipes the polar bear down with one blow of her mighty paw and kills tom's morph but just when he dies he makes it just in time as he turns into a snake, she bites down and kills him. But she has forgotten the polar bear(who has recoverd from his fall) when she demorphs because of blood loss and the polar bear kills her. They have a funeral and Tobais is heartbroken, this happens in the last book and is told from Rachel's view. The ending quote goes: "Then he killed me, he killed me with one blow."

Answer 2

Rachel dies in the final book of the series, "The Beginning," during the final battle against the Yeerk forces. She sacrifices herself to save her friends by willingly entering the line of fire, taking a shot that was meant for them. Her death is a pivotal moment in the series and has a lasting impact on the other characters.