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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780060891909
ISBN number: 0060891904
Label: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: October 01, 2006
Publishing house: HarperTrophy
Age index: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 26, 2006
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For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But now the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying—and some deaths are more mysterious than others.
Into the midst of this turmoil comes an ordinary house cat named Rusty . . . who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.
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My 8 year old daughter just loves these books. She discovered them in her school library and would check out as many as she could. She would sit and read these for up to 6 hours a day, which I would rather her be doing than spending that much time on her video games. Luckily her school does have the AR tests for them and I found out that they are 5th and 6th grade level books with an AR point value of 10-12 each! My daughter has now read all the books in this series that the school library has and had to find some other books to read now, but she is looking forward to the new releases of the Warriors books when they come out!
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I bought a boxed set of these books for my daughter Andrea this Christmas. Not having read the books myself, I can only go by her opinion, but it appears these Cat-aclysmic stories are utterly fascinating. Andrea's second language is English, so Erin Hunter deserves kudos for having written in a style that is both accessible to a twelve-year-old and a non-native English-speaker. Considering the fact that Andrea is also something of a TV addict, I'm happy to see her taking off with these novels and hopefully building a foundation for a life of reading. My thanks to Ms. Hunter.
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"Today is a good day to die, but tomorrow is better. Unless, those doing the dying are six foot, mutated chipmunks with blaster rifles. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I should start at the beginning. If you ask me, the end makes a fine beginning. Things come together and things fall apart, and the fur flies a little easier with the help of a Rolling Thunderä shotgun, as long as that fur isn't mine, and I'm the one pulling the trigger. Yep, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, but I ain't Mr. Rogers."
"But, I should introduce myself, you can call me Ishmael. Just kidding, bit of classical allusion there. Call me Hobo, warrior, poet, and one fine-looking feline, that's me. See, all cats are warriors, at least at heart, and that's why I'm the best one to introduce the series, Warriors."
Warriors is a book series very first published in 2003 by Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, under the pen name Erin Hunter, and introduced to me by cat and book lover Billy Waltz. The second series was written under the title Warriors: The New Prophecy. The third series, The Power of Three, and two more books, Firestar's Quest and Secrets of the Clans, are coming in 2007.
The series starts off with Into the Wild and a young "kitty pet"(house cat) name Rusty who yearns for adventure and has vivid dreams of the wilds. He meets a young feral cat, and this meeting leads to a chance to join a clan of wild cats called Thunderclan. He's renamed Firepaw and becomes an apprentice warrior. He finds himself in the middle of a tribal war with three other clans who coexist and compete for food and resources.
Allegiances are constantly shifting among the clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, former friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want. Our young protagonist quickly moves from apprentice to warrior, to second-in-command, to leader of his clan. He must learn wisdom, deal with betrayal, and ultimately save his clan and the forest way of life.
The author has created an intriguing world with an intricate structure and mythology. There is intrigue, themes of loyalty, friendship and death, and an engaging young hero. The difficult life of a feral cat is described in some detail. (Oct. 16 is national feral cat day. Check out www.nationalferalcatday.org ) The cats, anthropomorphism aside, are true to their feline nature, which should delight cat and animal lovers alike. There is some violence. Some characters are killed through fighting and natural disasters, and there is treachery, betrayal and traitors, and even murder among the cats and clans, though it is crucial to the plot and not excessive.
Overall, I believe readers will find a fun-to-read series of books. Though not as elegantly written as Brian Jacques' Redwall series. The superb storytelling drew me into a realm so vivid that it could almost be real and I really came to care about the characters I found myself staying up late, with the old flashlight under the cover trick, to finish the books, and that Sand Storm sounds like a babe. Wonder what she's doing Saturday night? Hey, this cat is a fighter and a lover....
Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"
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My daughter is 9 and in fourth grade but reads at a 6th grade level. She has always looked at reading like it was punishment. I've tried Harry Potter, other animal series books to no avail. She read the very first in this series and was hooked. This is the very first review I've written about any product on Amazon, but I am so excited that she WANTS to read that I had to tell some other parents that may be struggling to get their kids to read. The only downside is that I'm afraid she'll never read again if they stop making these books! Kudos to the Erin Hunter crew, thank you!
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DO YOU LOVE CATS? DO YOU LOVE ROMANCE,MYSTERY AND BATTLE? THAN READ THIS BOOK REVIEW!
Join Rusty, a normal pet cat, who is destined for more than dry pellets for food and a stuffy house for shelter. He lives subsequent to the forest and ventures out. The expedition ends with Rusty meeting forest cats- Graypaw, Lionheart and Bluestar. He decides to leave his humans and live out in the forest, where you will never know when your subsequent meal will be. It turns out that there are four groups of cats, which are called Clans: Thunderclan, the cats Rusty runs into, Windclan, Riverclan and Shadowclan. All these cats follow ( or brake ) the laws their cat ancestors, or Starclan, laid out for them.
Rusty recieves his apprentice name ( an apprentice is a cat training to be a warrior, the fully trained cat ) Firepaw, and makes friends with the friendly Graypaw and the quiet Ravenpaw. But the forest holds much more than battles and friends- Ravenpaw claims he saw Tigerclaw, the Clan deputy,( the deputy is the cat second in charge in a Clan ) murder the former Clan deputy, Redtail. Firepaw vowes to unbury the truth in this claim.
In the subsequent books, friends are made, loyalty is tested, forbidden love is formed, and Firepaw is puzzled by the strange phrophecy that Starclan laid out for him. I absolutely LOVE these books- my advise? BUY THEM ALL! But be warned: they contain very sad parts. I hope this review helped!
Sincerely,
Moonwhisker
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