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Warriors #1: Into the Wild |  | Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  283 reviews
Sales Rank: 5642
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
ASIN: B000VYX8L8
Publication Date: September 4, 2007
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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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 Here kitty kitty. Nice kitty. September 4, 2005
E. R. Bird (Manhattan, NY)
102 out of 110 found this review helpful
Kids are pretty savvy when it comes to discovering books that fill a particular need. At the library where I work, I'd seen them taking out this "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter fairly regularly. For some reason it's near impossible to keep these puppies on the shelves. Curiosity got ahold of me, so I decided to sit down and read through the first of these somewhat odd stories. I would never have been able to guess that the secret lives of cats would be so interesting to children. Housecats, definitely not. But when it comes to the lives and loyalties of the feral variety, Hunter's definitely tapped into a rich resource of text.
Rusty has a fairly good life. He lives with a family of humans (or Two-legs) that love him. He gets regular feedings, even if it's yucky dry stuff. He even has his own little cat door to come in and out of. Rusty isn't content, however. He dreams of catching mice in the forest not far from his home. When a night's exploration of that forest ends with a confrontation with the wild cats that live without human interference, Rusty readily joins them and their clan. Renamed "Firepaw", the cat learns that he has dropped smack dab into the middle of a war. The clan he has joined is called ThunderClan and is ruled by the magnanimous Bluestar. Other clans like RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan fight continually for dominance over a rapidly dwindling food supply. ThunderClan needs recruits like Firepaw to stay alive, and through their training the new cat is on his way to becoming a warrior. Along the way he must face hunger, dismissal, and learn some shocking truths about the animals he's agreed to join.
Hunter conjures up a well-thought out world in which cats have their own system of governance. This is a kind of "Watership Down", but with drawn out fighting sequences. The cats here act like cats. They don't put on vests and waistcoats and discuss philosophy. They don't stand on their hind legs or use their paws like fingers. These are real animals. For the sake of keeping them alive, Hunter does create a kind of Medicine Cat for each clan, who rubs natural herbs into wounds. That's about as technically adept as these kitties get. At the beginning of the book, the author presents us with two maps of the area where this book takes place. A cat-view map lists everything in their terms. A second human-view map makes it clear where exactly the cats actually are.
This is not to say that the book isn't downright silly at times. Hunter loves giving these cats somewhat repetitive names like Nightpelt, Smallear, and Longtail. One cat, Lionheart, has the same name as a carebear from the 1980s. Poor planning on Hunter's part. She also falls into a classic children's literature trap. You know that when the main character has a vital piece of information that he should give someone as soon as possible and he says something along the lines of, "Oh good! Now I can tell this person this vital piece of information", that something's going to come up to prevent him. In this case, Firepaw is given to understand that a friend of his may be killed almost immediately. So does he immediately go out and tell the clan's wise leader? Heck no! He's given TWO chances to do so and each time he keeps quiet for obscure plot-centric reasons. That's really the kind of book that this is. It's fun to read, exciting, and with a new meticulously thought out world. It's also rather predictable.
If you've a kid who's a fan of the "Redwall" series but is more interested in animals that don't wear clothing, this is the book for you. Both boys and girls check it out at a fast and furious rate. It's one of the few series out there that both sexes enjoy fully. A better written book than all the "Magic Treehouse" and "Droon" series out there combined but still less good than, say, Avi's, "Poppy" books or "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH".
You'll Be Giving Your Cat Some Strange Looks November 7, 2006
Caesar M. Warrington (Lansdowne, PA United States)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
INTO THE WILD is the first volume of a large series of books in which writer Erin Hunter has conjured up an amazing world of feral cat tribes which struggle for survival literally right outside your own backyard!
The saga begins here with Rusty, a domestic cat (or as wild cats call them, "kittypets") who longs to be out on his own, free, eating what he kills, sleeping where he wants. One night, while exploring the nearby woods, he encounters members of ThunderClan, one of four feline tribes that struggle with each other for dominance of the area. Treated with contempt and hostility in the beginning, Rusty proves himself by fighting for ThunderClan in their war against the aggressive ShadowClan. Renamed Firepaw, he is accepted into the tribe to become one of their fiercest warriors.
This action-packed but intelligent book and subsequent volumes have delighted children, fantasy readers and cat lovers of all ages.
There's a cat-astrophe going on in the Thunderclan! February 20, 2004
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is one of the most exceptional books I have ever read. The tale begins with a regular housecat "kittypet" named Rusty who ventures beyond his Twolegs' home and finds himself in the territory of the ferocious Thunderclan cats. Then he realizes that he has a chance to know more freedom than he has ever known. After defeating a seasoned warrior, Longtail, the clan's leader, Bluestar, grants him permission to be an apprentice in their camp. And so starts the adventure. Rusty, now Firepaw, along with his friends Graypaw and Ravenpaw venture out and trie to impress their gaurdians by catching fresh-kill and patrolling against the sly Shadowclan cats and eventually discovering a few secrets of them own such as the mysterious death of thunderclan deputy Redtail. This is a MUST READ book. To find out what happens next to Firepaw or Fireheart now, read the next books in the series, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, and Rising Storm.
Great series for pre-teens. August 5, 2005
Dances with Wools (Stuart, Florida)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
My eleven year old daughter has been going through this series with a loyalty unmatched so far by other titles. When Harry Potter's last book was released she asked for the next Warriors book. I have not read the books but she tells me about the different cat tribes and their adventures. She laughs out loud, she gets worried, but most importantly she is loving reading these books.
the unknown March 31, 2006
Jasmine Kimura (Tokyo, Japan)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
as rusty, a normal household cat, goes along with his daily routines, he encounters the cats that will change his life forever. the wild clan cats he meet whose stories had been told to him so many times have finally come to life for him. rusty is shocked and anxious when ask him to join thunderclan (the other wild cat clans of the series are riverclan, shadowclan, windclan, and starclan). he accepts and is welcomed to the clan by MOST cats as an apprentice named firepaw*. he meets graypaw, who will become a friend of a lifetime to him. firepaw goes through many obstacles, like convincing the clan that he was a true warrior at heart and not a kittypet owned by twolegs. this book is told from firepaw's view mainly, which i thought was very exciting and it captivated me from the very first page until the very last. firepaw discovers the dark truth of tigerclaw and redtail, the deputy of thunderclan before he was killed in a battle with riverclan. no one knows the truth of redtail's death except for an apprentice (in the beginning, it's not firepaw...) - this was when things really become suspenseful! i especially thought this book was tragic; there were so many lost lives in the first volume of a wonderful series. all of them were courageous and were respected as honoured cats of the clans. of all the books of the original warriors series, the second one was my favourite ("fire and ice"), although "into the wild" was really the one that got me into this series of adventure and fantasy.
*kits of the clan take the name "kit" ex. firekit, apprentices of the clan take the name of "paw" ex. firepaw, warriors take the name of many words, such as "heart" ex. fireheart, and "fur" ex. rainfur, and leaders of the clan take the name of "star", like bluestar of thunderclan.
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