Into the Wild (Warriors, Book 1)
by Erin Hunter
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Author: Erin HunterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-06
ISBN: 0060525509
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: The Warriors Series are Some of My Favorite Books! =]
Summary: 5 Stars
"For generations, four clans of wild cats have shared the forest to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying - and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of all of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty... who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all."
In the first book from the Warriors series, a young housecat named Rusty decides to journey into the forest for the first time, and in there he meets a few warrior cats, from the ThunderClan. They see that Rusty is quite a good fighter, and decide to invite him into their clan (which is a VERY big deal, because no housecat had ever been invited to one of the forest clans). Rusty's name is soon changed to "Firepaw" and he becomes an apprentice cat. This means that Firepaw would learn from a warrior mentor (he would learn from Lionheart) for a while, then he would become a full-fledged warrior. At first Firepaw is treated with hostility, but he makes two good friends, Ravenpaw and Graypaw. When Firepaw first comes to the clan, the deputy (Redtail) had just been killed. Everyone was convinced that a Riverclan patrol had killed him, but it was really Tigerclaw, who was trying to make his way to the top. Ravenpaw was the only cat who saw this, because he was out with Tigerclaw, who is his mentor, at the time. No one believed Ravenpaw (since Tigerclaw is so well liked), except Firepaw and Graypaw. However, even after killing deputy Redtail, Tigerclaw still wasn't the deputy, because the leader of the clan (Bluestar) appointed Lionheart as the new deputy. So, clan life is all good again until Lionheart died (he wasn't killed by Tigerclaw). This time, Tigerclaw is made deputy of the Thunderclan.
Meanwhile, the Shadowclan is becoming more and more powerful each day, and wants more and more land. During this time, not too much happens except for the fact that Yellowfang (old medicine-cat of Shadowclan, now a rogue) is taken prisoner and Firepaw must take care of her. Nothing big happens until the end of the book, here's the story. At first, when some newborn kits were catnapped and the medicine-cat (Spottedleaf) is found dead, the whole clan accuses Yellowfang (except for Firepaw), since she was missing from the camp. Bluestar then sends Firepaw and his friends to go find Yellowfang and the kits. Graypaw and Firepaw leave Ravenpaw to live with Barley (a loner cat) because Ravenpaw thinks Tigerclaw wants to kill him. After that, Graypaw and Firepaw follow the kitten's scent into the Shadowclan territory, where they met Yellowfang, who said that she was only trying to save the kittens from the Shadowclan. Firepaw goes to get help from a nearby Thunderclan patrol, and Graypaw, Firepaw, Yellowfang, and the patrol invade the Shadowclan camp together, to retrieve the kittens. They all open attack the camp and manage to get the kittens without any harm. Back at camp, after Yellowfang was made the new medicine-cat, Whitestorm told Bluestar that they fought like true warriors, and Bluestar decides to make Firepaw and Graypaw warriors. They are given their warrior names (Fireheart and Graystripe) and before they begin their nighttime vigil, Tigerclaw told Fireheart that he has made an enemy. Into the Wild is an excellent book, because it has a variety of original characters, it shows cats getting human qualities, and it is stuffed with suspense.
There are many original characters in this book including Firepaw. Firepaw is a nice, strong, likeable cat who is often picked on because he used to be a housecat, but he can fight better than some forest cats. Bluestar, Thunderclan's leader, is another good character because she is kind, she fights for what she believes in, and she is a great leader through the hard times in the book. Tigerclaw is another original character because he is very two-faced. To most, he is a nice, strong, loyal cat but, to the few that know about his plan to become leader, he is bloodthirsty, cruel, and selfish.
In Warriors, three examples of cats taking on human qualities are when they talk, they think, and their personalities, which are like human qualities.
There is a ton of suspense in Warriors, Into the Wild. One example would be when Firepaw, Graypaw, Yellowfang, and the Thunderclan patrol invade the Shadowclan camp and fight the Shadowclan cats. Another suspenseful time was when Firepaw was still named Rusty and Rusty met the Thunderclan cats in the woods. Yet another suspenseful part was when Tigerclaw told Fireheart at the end of the book that they are enemies, and the way he said it sounded very sinister.
Warriors, Into the Wild is an excellent book that is filled with original characters, cats that are humanlike, and is packed with suspense.
~Elizabeth
Summary of Into the Wild (Warriors, Book 1)
Fire alone can save our Clan...
For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by the powerful ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying -- and some deaths are more mysterious than others.
In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary housecat named Rusty . . . Who may yet turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.
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