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“The Darkest Hour” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 6. The prophecy is that four will become two and Lion will fight Tiger. This time TigerClaw has invited outside cats to fight with him, but the outside cats have a different agenda. FireStar comes to realize there has always been five clans in the forest. There really is a lot of violence in this story…cat fights, blood, bones, and guts.
Patrick Downer has done a good job of reading this series.
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The darkest hour 6 DB67230
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 35 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Animals and Wildlife
Fantasy Fiction
Fireheart, now called Firestar, leads ThunderClan in the battle against the deadliest threat to ever appear in the forest. His enemy Tigerstar’s quest for power imperils every wildcat. The young warrior Firestar needs all his skills to save his friends and himself. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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“A Dangerous Path” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 5 in the series “Warrior Cats” by a group of writers under the name of Erin Hunter.
As BlueStar lies dying, she tells FireHeart that he is the fire that will save the clan, just as he devised a way to rid the forest of the pack of wild dogs.
Patrick Downer does a good job of reading this story for NLS.
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
A dangerous path 5 DB67198
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 30 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Animals and Wildlife
Fantasy Fiction
Fireheart’s old enemy Tigerclaw is back and more dangerous than ever as the new leader of ShadowClan. But other enemies, including a new force invading the forest, threaten all cats. Meanwhile Fireheart’s leader, Bluestar, has lost faith in the wildcats’ warrior ancestors. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Rising Storm” by Erin Hunter
“Rising Storm” by Erin Hunter
This is Book 4 in the series. Have you ever heard a forest fire raging through thelandscape? It is loud and terrifying for people and so much more so for wild life.
The prophecy was that fire will save the clan, but is a forest fire what it meant?
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Rising storm 4 DB66941
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 29 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Fantasy Fiction
Animals and Wildlife
As summer blazes through the forest, Fireheart faces increasing dangers. Fireheart’s apprentice Cloudpaw runs away, banished enemy Tigerclaw might seek revenge, and clan leader Bluestar is demoralized. Meanwhile a deadly fire threatens ThunderClan. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2004.
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“Forest Of Secrets” by Erin Hunter
This is book 3 in the series “Warrior Cats” These cats have as many secrets as people do.
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Forest of secrets DB66895
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 40 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Fantasy Fiction
Animals and Wildlife
As allegiances shift among the warrior clans in the forest, every cat has something to hide. Fireheart, determined to learn the truth about former ThunderClan deputy Redtail’s mysterious death, uncovers secrets that put himself in danger. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2003.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Fire And Ice” by Erin Hunter
“Fire And Ice” by Erin Hunter
I’m hooked and this is only Book 2 in the series “Warrior Cats”. These cats never let you forget that they are cats, yet, their thought processes are very human.
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
www.warriorcats.com
Warriors (also known as Warrior Cats) is a series of novels based on the adventures and drama of multiple Clans of feral cats. The series is primarily set in fictional forests. Published by HarperCollins, the series is written by authors Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, as well as others, under the collective pseudonym Erin Hunter. The concept and plot of the pilot series was developed by series editor Victoria Holmes.
There are currently eight sub-series, each containing six books: The Prophecies Begin, The New Prophecy, Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, Dawn of the Clans, A Vision of Shadows, The Broken Code, and A Starless Clan. Other books have been released in addition to the main series, including lengthier “Super Edition” novels, several novellas, seven guide books, and several volumes of mangas. The series has also been translated into several languages.
Inspiration and origins[edit]
A picture of the forest which was the inspiration behind the setting of the ”Warriors” universe.
New Forest, which became the base for the forest the cats live in
The series first began when publisher HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats. Holmes was initially not enthusiastic, since she “couldn’t imagine coming up with enough ideas.” She worked with the concept, however, expanding the storyline with elements of war, politics, revenge, doomed love, and religious conflict.[1] Although the original plan was for a stand-alone novel, enough material was created for several books, and the publisher decided on a six-volume series.[1] The first volume, Into the Wild, was written by Kate Cary under the pseudonym “Erin Hunter” and was completed in about three months.[2] Holmes then began to work behind the scenes, editing and supervising details.[3] Cherith Baldry joined the team to write the third book, Forest of Secrets. Later, after she wrote the first Warriors field guide, Tui Sutherland became the fourth author to use the pseudonym Erin Hunter.[4]
The authors have named several other authors as sources of inspiration when writing the novels. In an online author chat, Cherith Baldry listed the authors that inspire her as including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Shakespeare. In the same chat, Victoria Holmes stated that Jacqueline Wilson, Kathy Reichs, and J. K. Rowling are some of the authors that inspire her.[4] According to the official website, other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
See also: List of Warriors characters
The Warriors universe centers around a large group of feral cats who initially reside in a forest, and later, around a lake. The cats are split into five groups called Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan, and SkyClan (the latter of whom was a late addition to the series). Each Clan has adapted to their own terrain. Relationships between different Clans are usually tense and they often come into conflict with one another. However, the Clans also sometimes show concern for each other; the idea of one Clan being destroyed usually causes deep distress and prompts urgent action on behalf of all Clans. The Clans have a unique naming and hierarchy system, in that their names are generally determined by their rank in the Clan.
The Clan cats have a faith system based on the concept of StarClan, a group of the spirits of the Clans’ deceased ancestors, who occasionally provide guidance to the living Clan cats. After death, the spirits of most Clan cats join StarClan and reside in a paradisaical forest similar to Heaven. StarClan often provides guidance to the Clans through dreams and other signs like omens. In addition to StarClan, there exists the Dark Forest, also known as The Place of No Stars, which takes the form of a never-ending forest. The spirits of cats who caused great pain and suffering to others while alive walk alone there as a form of punishment.
Cats who live outside of the Clans are categorized into three groups: housecats, referred to as “kittypets” by Clan cats, who are looked down upon for their cozy and lazy lifestyle; “loners”, who are cats who live outside of the Clans, usually by themselves; and “rogues”, cats who live on their own and intend to do harm to the Clans. In some instances, stray cats may form large groups of their own. It is rare for a stray cat to join a Clan, as outsiders are generally distrusted and scorned by Clan cats.
Author
Erin Hunter
(Cherith Baldry
Kate Cary
Victoria Holmes
Dan Jolley
Tui T. Sutherland)
Illustrator
James L. Barry
Wayne McLoughlin
Owen Richardson
other authors who have inspired the writers include Enid Blyton, Lucy Daniels, Ellis Peters, Tess Gerritsen, Kate Ellis, Lisa Gardiner, and Meg Cabot.[5] The authors have also mentioned several other sources of inspiration. The New Forest in southern England was the base for the forest where the series takes place.[2] Other influential locations include Loch Lomond,[6] as well as the Scottish Highlands. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurring in the natural world as medicine, also had an influence on the Warriors series. His book, Culpeper’s Herbal, is used as a source by the authors for the many herbal remedies that the cats use.[7] The film series Rambo has also been cited as a source of inspiration.[8]
Setting and universe[edit]
Into the Wild (21 January 2003), Fire and Ice (27 May 2003), Forest of Secrets (14 October 2003), Rising Storm (6 January 2004), A Dangerous Path (1 June 2004), and The Darkest Hour (5 October 2004).[9][10][11][12][13][14] The series was subtitled The Prophecies Begin for its re-release with new covers in 2015.[15] The series details the experiences of a housecat named Rusty who ventures into the forest and is invited to join ThunderClan, one of four groups of wild cats in the forest. Throughout the series, he rises through the Clan hierarchy while attempting to uncover and later stop the treachery of his Clanmate and deputy Tigerclaw, who intends initially to usurp ThunderClan’s leadership and later plans to take over all the Clans.
Warriors: The New Prophecy (2005–2006)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: The New Prophecy
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, consists of six books: Midnight (10 May 2005), Moonrise (1 August 2005), Dawn (27 December 2005), Starlight (4 April 2006), Twilight (22 August 2006), and Sunset (26 December 2006).[16][17][18][19][20][21] In this series, the Clans’ survival is put at risk as Twolegs begin to destroy their forest home with machinery. The series revolves around a group of cats consisting of Tawnypelt, Crowfeather, Feathertail, Brambleclaw, Stormfur, and Squirrelflight, who embark on a quest to find a new home for the Clans after their forest is destroyed. The series also details the rest of the Clans’ subsequent journey to find their new lakeside territories, and the struggles they face in establishing themselves again.
Warriors: Power of Three (2007–2009)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Power of Three
The third series, Warriors: Power of Three, consists of six books: The Sight (24 April 2007), Dark River (26 December 2007), Outcast (22 April 2008), Eclipse (2 September 2008), Long Shadows (25 November 2008), and Sunrise (21 April 2009).[22][23][24][25][26][27] The series revolves around the search for three cats who are prophesized to have untold powers. A litter of three kittens is born, and while two of them, Lionblaze and Jayfeather, possess supernatural abilities, their sister, Hollyleaf, does not.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars (2009–2012)[edit]
Main article: Warriors: Omen of the Stars
The fourth series, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, consists of six books: The Fourth Apprentice (24 November 2009), Fading Echoes (23 March 2010), Night Whispers (23 November 2010), Sign of the Moon (5 April 2011), The Forgotten Warrior (22 November 2011), and The Last Hope (3 April 2012).[28][29][30][31][32][33] The series continues the plot of Warriors: Power of Three, after it is discovered at the end of the previous series that Lionblaze and Jayfeather’s sister, Hollyleaf, does not have a special power. The third prophesized cat is revealed to be Dovewing. The trio learn throughout the course of the series that the cats of the Dark Forest, who are spirits of deceased Clan cats who committed acts of evil during their lives, are preparing an attack on the living Clan cats, and recruiting living cats to their cause by training them for battle in their dreams, led by Tigerstar. The series culminates in a battle involving all the Clans, as well as StarClan and the Dark Forest. Firestar defeats Tigerstar’s spirit, which ends the battle in the Clans’ favor, but dies in the process.
Warriors: Dawn of the Clans (2013–2015)[edit]
The fifth series, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, consists of six books: The Sun Trail (5 March 2013), Thunder Rising (5 November 2013), The First Battle (8 April 2014), The Blazing Star (4 November 2014), A Forest Divided (7 April 2015), and Path of Stars (1 September 2015).[34][35][36][37][38][39] The arc centers around the formation and early days of the Clans. Cats from a tribe in the mountains leave in search of a better home, ultimately discovering the forest which becomes the territories of the modern Clans, and forming the Clans.
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows (2016–2018)[edit]
Warriors: A Vision of Shadows is the sixth sub-series. The series comprises six novels: The Apprentice’s Quest (15 March 2016), Thunder and Shadow (6 September 2016), Shattered Sky (11 April 2017), Darkest Night (7 November 2017), River of Fire (10 April 2018), and The Raging Storm (6 November 2018).[40][41][42][43][44][45] The series centers around Alderheart, Violetshine, and Twigbranch, as they try to help SkyClan, the lost fifth Clan, settle in a territory around the lake. Additionally, they face constant attacks from a group of rogue cats led by Darktail, who almost succeeds in disbanding ShadowClan.
Warriors: The Broken Code (2019–2021)[edit]
Warriors: The Broken Code is the seventh sub-series, consisting of Lost Stars (9 April 2019), The Silent Thaw (29 October 2019), Veil of Shadows (7 April 2020), Darkness Within (10 November 2020), The Place of No Stars (6 April 2021), and A Light in the Mist (9 November 2021).[46][47][48][49][50][51] The series centers on Bristlefrost, Shadowsight, and Rootspring, cats from different Clans. Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, has been possessed by Ashfur, and the three aforementioned cats must find a way to defeat him and the spirits of cats he controls. Additionally, they must reopen their connection with StarClan, as Ashfur cut StarClan off from the living world. The series ends with the Clans deciding to rewrite parts of the warrior code.
Warriors: A Starless Clan (2022–TBA)[edit]
Warriors: A Starless Clan is the eighth sub-series, consisting of River (5 April 2022), Sky (1 November 2022), Shadow (4 April 2023), Thunder (7 November 2023), Wind (2 April 2024), and one unnamed installment. It revolves around Nightheart, Sunbeam, and Frostpaw, cats from different Clans. RiverClan’s leader and deputy die, and StarClan does not show them who is to be the next leader. Additionally, there is growing unrest among cats of the Clans regarding various changes made to the warrior code.
Standalones[edit]
Super Editions[edit]
Super Editions are stand-alone books in the Warriors series that are about 500 pages long, approximately double the length of a regular Warriors book. The first Super Edition was Firestar’s Quest, detailing Firestar’s journey to rebuild SkyClan, the long-lost fifth Clan of the forest. There have been 15 Super Editions published thus far, with the most recent, Onestar’s Confession, having been released in September 2022.[52] Each Super Edition (excluding Firestar’s Quest) contains an exclusive manga chapter at the end. The Super Editions include:
• Firestar’s Quest (21 August 2007)
• Bluestar’s Prophecy (28 July 2009)
• SkyClan’s Destiny (8 August 2010)
• Crookedstar’s Promise (5 July 2011)
• Yellowfang’s Secret (9 December 2012)
• Tallstar’s Revenge (2 July 2013)
• Bramblestar’s Storm (26 August 2014)
• Moth Flight’s Vision (3 November 2015)
• Hawkwing’s Journey (1 November 2016)
• Tigerheart’s Shadow (5 September 2017)
• Crowfeather’s Trial (4 September 2018)
• Squirrelflight’s Hope (3 September 2019)
• Graystripe’s Vow (1 September 2020)
• Leopardstar’s Honor (7 September 2021)
• Onestar’s Confession (6 September 2022)
• Riverstar’s Home (5 September 2023)
Field guides[edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Fire and ice DB66710
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 8 hours, 41 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Fantasy Fiction
Animals and Wildlife
Now a full-fledged warrior cat, Fireheart confronts problems in the forest. WindClan is missing and hostilities among the three remaining clans place all cats in danger. Fireheart faces questions of loyalty and the possibility of betrayal from within his own group, ThunderClan. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2003.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Into The Wild” by Erin Hunter
“Into The Wild” by Erin Hunter
I’ve always tried to read whatever my children are reading. Last year, I read many of the “Wings of Power” books by Tui Southerland (featuring dragons of all shapes and sizes), because my grandson was reading them. This year, he’s into *, which features cats. “Into The Wild”, he tells me, is the first book and I should read it first. So, I did.
The reader can never forget the characters are cats, as they will meow, howl, lick their paws each other, and move like cats. They do, however, have all the thinking processes that humans have. I enjoyed this book and will read several more, but Hunter is extremely prolific and I do have other books I want to read also.
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Erin Hunter is a collective pseudonym used by the authors Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Clarissa Hutton, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, and Rosie Best in the writing of several juvenile fantasy novel series, which focus on animals and their adventures. Notable works include the Warriors, Seekers… See more
History
In 2003, HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats, but, not being a reader of fantasy, she was less than enthusiastic despite her love of cats. After writing one storyline, Kate Cary … See more
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Victoria Holmes was born in Berkshire, England. Holmes was the original author of the series with See more
Book development
In Warriors, Seekers and Bravelands, a specific order is followed. First, Holmes, the editor, sends in the preliminary script and outline to Cary, Baldry or Sutherland, depending on who depending on who writes the book. Then, the author develops Holmes’ ideas into a single book which is sent back to Holmes for one last check-over and edit. After she finishes, she sends it to HarperCollins for publication.[42] After Holmes stepped back from editing under the Erin Hunter name in 2017, a team of editors took over the writing of the preliminary scripts and the editing of drafts.
For the Survivors series, there was a different approach taken. The whole team got together and created a detailed story outline and developed the characters together. Then, the writing itself was done by a single author, who was still allowed to change something significant about the plot or characters if they felt that a certain character would not act a specific way.[43]
Writing style[edit]
With four different authors, Holmes has said that the book “‘sounds’ like Erin, because she has a very distinctive voice”. She compares the style of the authors to a different language where a stray line or word can stick out. Holmes says that she is in charge of editing and making sure that the book sounds correct.[42] Erin Hunter books are all told in a third person limited narrative, though the focal point character changes from series to series, book to book, and sometimes from chapter to chapter.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Into the wild DB66677
Hunter, Erin. Reading time: 7 hours, 31 minutes.
Read by Patrick Downer.
Adventure
Fantasy Fiction
Animals and Wildlife
A young house cat, Rusty–later renamed Firepaw and then Fireheart–leaves home to join the endangered ThunderClan, one of four rival clans of wildcats claiming the forest. With noble warrior cats mysteriously dying, Rusty trains to become a warrior, a hunter, and a survivor. Some violence. For grades 4-7. 2003.
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Kate’s 2¢: “A Wind In The Door” by Madeleine L’Engle,
“A Wind In The Door” by Madeleine L’Engle,
“Wind In The Door” is the second book. I liked it, but it seemed to have more historic, academic discussions than “The Wrinkle In Time”. However, dragon-like creatures and time travel is always captivating to our imaginations.
“…It isn’t just in other galaxies that strange and terrible things are happening. Unreason has snuck up on us so insidiously that we’ve hardly been aware of it. Think of the things happening in our own country that you wouldn’t have thought possible a few years ago…”
I thought the comparison of sizes from the large galaxies down to where the Echthroi invades Charles Wallace’s mitochondria were good.
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Madeleine L’Engle (/ˈlɛŋɡəl/; November 29, 1918[1] – September 6, 2007)[2] was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science.
Early life
Madeleine L’Engle Camp was born in New York City on November 29, 1918, and named after her great-grandmother, Madeleine Margaret L’Engle, otherwise known as Mado.[3] Her maternal grandfather was Florida banker Bion Barnett, co-founder of Barnett Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. Her mother, a pianist, was also named Madeleine: Madeleine Hall Barnett. Her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a writer, critic, and foreign correspondent who, according to his daughter, suffered lung damage from mustard gas during World War I.[a]
L’Engle wrote her first story aged five and began keeping a journal aged eight.[5] These early literary attempts did not translate into academic success at the New York City private school where she was enrolled. A shy, clumsy child, she was branded as stupid by some of her teachers. Unable to please them, she retreated into her own world of books and writing. Her parents often disagreed about how to raise her, and as a result she attended a number of boarding schools and had many governesses.[6][page needed]
The Camps traveled frequently. At one point, the family moved to a château near Chamonix in the French Alps, in what Madeleine described as the hope that the cleaner air would be easier on her father’s lungs. Madeleine was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland. However, in 1933, L’Engle’s grandmother fell ill, and they moved near Jacksonville, Florida to be close to her. L’Engle attended another boarding school, Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina. When her father died in October 1936, Madeleine arrived home too late to say goodbye.[7]
Education,
L’Engle attended Smith College from 1937 to 1941. After graduating cum laude from Smith,[8] she moved to an apartment in New York City. L’Engle published her novels The Small Rain and Ilsa prior to 1942.[9] She met actor Hugh Franklin that year when she appeared in the play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov,[10] and she married him on January 26, 1946. Later she wrote of their meeting and marriage, “We met in The Cherry Orchard and were married in The Joyous Season.”[8] The couple’s first daughter, Josephine, was born in 1947.
The family moved to a 200-year-old farmhouse called Crosswicks in the small town of Goshen, Connecticut in 1952. To replace Franklin’s lost acting income, they purchased and operated a small general store, while L’Engle continued with her writing. Their son Bion was born that same year.[11] Four years later, seven-year-old Maria, the daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins and they adopted her shortly thereafter. During this period, L’Engle also served as choir director of the local Congregational church.[12]
Writing career
L’Engle determined to give up writing on her 40th birthday (November 1958) when she received yet another rejection notice. “With all the hours I spent writing, I was still not pulling my own weight financially.” Soon she discovered both that she could not give it up and that she had continued to work on fiction subconsciously.[13]
The family returned to New York City in 1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L’Engle first had the idea for her most famous novel, A Wrinkle in Time, which she completed by 1960. It was rejected more than thirty times before she handed it to John C. Farrar;[13] it was finally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1962.[12]
In 1960 the Franklins moved to an apartment on the Upper West Side, in the Cleburne Building on West End Avenue.[14] From 1960 to 1966 (and again in 1986, 1989 and 1990), L’Engle taught at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School in New York. In 1965 she became a volunteer librarian at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, also in New York. She later served for many years as writer-in-residence at the cathedral, generally spending her winters in New York and her summers at Crosswicks.[citation needed]
During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, L’Engle wrote dozens of books for children and adults. Four of the books for adults formed the Crosswicks Journals series of autobiographical memoirs. Of these, The Summer of the Great-grandmother (1974) discusses L’Engle’s personal experience caring for her aged mother, and Two-Part Invention (1988) is a memoir of her marriage, completed after her husband’s death from cancer on September 26, 1986.
On writing for children
Soon after winning the Newbery Medal for her 1962 “junior novel” A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle discussed children’s books in The New York Times Book Review.[15] The writer of a good children’s book, she observed, may need to return to the “intuitive understanding of his own childhood,” being childlike although not childish. She claimed, “It’s often possible to make demands of a child that couldn’t be made of an adult… A child will often understand scientific concepts that would baffle an adult. This is because he can understand with a leap of the imagination that is denied the grown-up who has acquired the little knowledge that is a dangerous thing.” Of philosophy, etc., as well as science, “the child will come to it with an open mind, whereas many adults come closed to an open book. This is one reason so many writers turn to fantasy (which children claim as their own) when they have something important and difficult to say.”[15]
Religious beliefs
L’Engle was a Christian who attended Episcopal churches and believed in universal salvation, writing that “All will be redeemed in God’s fullness of time, all, not just the small portion of the population who have been given the grace to know and accept Christ. All the strayed and stolen sheep. All the little lost ones.”[16] As a result of her promotion of Christian universalism, many fundamentalist Christian bookstores refused to carry her books, which were also frequently banned from evangelical Christian schools and libraries. At the same time, some of her most secular critics attacked her work for being too religious.[17]
Her views on divine punishment were similar to those of George MacDonald, who also had a large influence on her fictional work. She said “I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.”[18]
In 1982, L’Engle reflected on how suffering had taught her. She told how suffering a “lonely solitude” as a child taught her about the “world of the imagination” that enabled her to write for children. Later she suffered a “decade of failure” after her first books were published. It was a “bitter” experience, yet she wrote that she had “learned a lot of valuable lessons” that enabled her to persevere as a writer.[19]
Later years, death, and legacy
L’Engle was seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1991, but recovered well enough to visit Antarctica in 1992.[12] Her son, Bion Franklin, died on December 17, 1999, from the effects of prolonged alcoholism.[20] He was 47 years old.[21]
In her final years, L’Engle became unable to teach or travel due to reduced mobility from osteoporosis, especially after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage in 2002. She also abandoned her former schedule of speaking engagements and seminars. A few compilations of older work, some of it previously unpublished, appeared after 2001.
L’Engle died of natural causes at Rose Haven, a nursing facility close to her home in Litchfield, Connecticut, on September 6, 2007, according to a statement made by her publicist the following day.[22] She is interred in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.[23]
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A wind in the door DB41596
L’Engle, Madeleine. Reading time: 5 hours, 25 minutes.
Read by Madelyn Buzzard.
Science Fiction
Evil in the form of the Echthroi is spreading throughout the galaxy, but Meg Murry is not involved in the struggle until the Echthroi invade her younger brother. Sequel to A Wrinkle in Time (DB 48972). For grades 6-9.
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Kate’s 2¢: “shipkiller” by Justin Scott
“shipkiller” by Justin Scott
Mark Ashby did a good job of reading this story for the NLS. I suspect that is you were reading this book as a hard copy, you’d skip over some of the more minute details of the running of a ship, unless, of course, you’re a sailor. I listened to all of it and couldn’t put it down until the pontoon boat sailed off into the proverbial sunset.
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Justin Scott is an American novelist. Scott sometimes uses the pseudonyms Paul Garrison and J. S. Blazer.
Early life[edit]
Scott was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. Scott’s father was A. Leslie Scott, a novelist. Scott’s mother, Lily K. Scott, was also a novelist. Scott grew up on Long Island’s Great South Bay. His sister, Alison Scott Skelton, is also a novelist.[1]
Career[edit]
Scott has written fourteen books under his own name, including the Ben Abbott Mystery series. He has written seven books under the pseudonym Paul Garrison and two under the pseudonym J. S. Blazer. He has coauthored ten books with Clive Cussler. These are the first ten books of the Isaac Bell series.[2][3][4][5][6]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Shipkiller DB112949
Scott, Justin. Reading time: 13 hours, 24 minutes.
Read by Mark Ashby.
Suspense Fiction
“It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut. Struggling for his life, Peter Hardin felt the hand of his wife being torn from his grip as the huge white letters on the supertanker’s stern – Leviathan – steamed away. Thus begins an odyssey of revenge that embraces the distant waters of the world, from the titanic storms of the South Atlantic to the oil-slicked reaches of the Persian Gulf. Now back in print for the first time in twenty-five years, The Shipkiller is the story of one man determined to win at sea the justice he has been denied on land.” — Provided by publisher. Violence, strong language and descriptions of sex.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Rising Tiger” by Brad Thor
“Rising Tiger” by Brad Thor
I enjoyed the descriptions of the environment in a country I’ve never been to. The story gets a little confusing, but read on, there is a method to his apparent madness.
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Bradley George Thor Jr. (born August 21, 1969)[citation needed] is an American thriller novelist.[1] He is the author of The Lions of Lucerne, The First Commandment, The Last Patriot, and other novels. His latest novel in the Harvath series, Rising Tiger, was released in July 2022. Thor’s novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled “The Athens Solution” to the James Patterson-edited anthology, Thriller. Thor also makes frequent appearances on Fox News and The Blaze.
The Last Patriot was nominated for “Best Thriller of the Year” by the International Thriller Writers Association.[2][non-primary source needed] His novel Blowback was voted by National Public Radio listeners as one of the “100 Best Ever” Killer Thrillers.[3][4]
Early life[edit]
Thor was born and raised in Chicago, and lived in Park City, Utah for eight years.[5]
Thor is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Schools, the Francis W. Parker School (Chicago), and the University of Southern California (cum laude), where he studied creative writing under author T.C. Boyle.[6][non-primary source needed]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Rising Tiger DB109625
Thor, Brad. Reading time: 10 hours, 34 minutes.
Read by Armand Schultz.
Suspense Fiction
Spy Stories
Adventure
Political Fiction
Bestsellers
“An unprecedented, potentially nation-ending threat has materialized on the world stage. Fearful of the global consequences of engaging this enemy, administration after administration has passed the buck. The clock, however, has run out and doing nothing is no longer an option. It is time to unleash Scot Harvath. As America’s top spy, Harvath has the unparalleled skills and experience necessary to handle any situation, but this assignment feels different. Thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture, with few he can trust, the danger begins mounting the moment he arrives. Amidst multiple competing forces and a host of deadly agendas, it becomes nearly impossible to tell predator from prey. With democracy itself hanging in the balance, Harvath will risk everything to untangle the explosive plot and bring every bad actor to justice.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.
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Kate’s 2¢: “A Wrinkle In Time” by Madeleine L‘Engle
“A Wrinkle In Time” by Madeleine L‘Engle
Madelyn Buzzard did a really good job of reading this story for the NLS. She had a little bit different voice for each character, but not enough to be distracting from the action.
I can see the appeal this story has for young readers, as well as, Disney to make a movie from this story.
This is the first in a trilogy, which I’ll be reading in order.
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Madeleine L’Engle (/ˈlɛŋɡəl/; November 29, 1918[1] – September 6, 2007)[2] was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science.
Early life
Madeleine L’Engle Camp was born in New York City on November 29, 1918, and named after her great-grandmother, Madeleine Margaret L’Engle, otherwise known as Mado.[3] Her maternal grandfather was Florida banker Bion Barnett, co-founder of Barnett Bank in Jacksonville, Florida. Her mother, a pianist, was also named Madeleine: Madeleine Hall Barnett. Her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a writer, critic, and foreign correspondent who, according to his daughter, suffered lung damage from mustard gas during World War I.[a]
L’Engle wrote her first story aged five and began keeping a journal aged eight.[5] These early literary attempts did not translate into academic success at the New York City private school where she was enrolled. A shy, clumsy child, she was branded as stupid by some of her teachers. Unable to please them, she retreated into her own world of books and writing. Her parents often disagreed about how to raise her, and as a result she attended a number of boarding schools and had many governesses.[6][page needed]
The Camps traveled frequently. At one point, the family moved to a château near Chamonix in the French Alps, in what Madeleine described as the hope that the cleaner air would be easier on her father’s lungs. Madeleine was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland. However, in 1933, L’Engle’s grandmother fell ill, and they moved near Jacksonville, Florida to be close to her. L’Engle attended another boarding school, Ashley Hall, in Charleston, South Carolina. When her father died in October 1936, Madeleine arrived home too late to say goodbye.[7]
Education,
L’Engle attended Smith College from 1937 to 1941. After graduating cum laude from Smith,[8] she moved to an apartment in New York City. L’Engle published her novels The Small Rain and Ilsa prior to 1942.[9] She met actor Hugh Franklin that year when she appeared in the play The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov,[10] and she married him on January 26, 1946. Later she wrote of their meeting and marriage, “We met in The Cherry Orchard and were married in The Joyous Season.”[8] The couple’s first daughter, Josephine, was born in 1947.
The family moved to a 200-year-old farmhouse called Crosswicks in the small town of Goshen, Connecticut in 1952. To replace Franklin’s lost acting income, they purchased and operated a small general store, while L’Engle continued with her writing. Their son Bion was born that same year.[11] Four years later, seven-year-old Maria, the daughter of family friends who had died, came to live with the Franklins and they adopted her shortly thereafter. During this period, L’Engle also served as choir director of the local Congregational church.[12]
Writing career
L’Engle determined to give up writing on her 40th birthday (November 1958) when she received yet another rejection notice. “With all the hours I spent writing, I was still not pulling my own weight financially.” Soon she discovered both that she could not give it up and that she had continued to work on fiction subconsciously.[13]
The family returned to New York City in 1959 so that Hugh could resume his acting career. The move was immediately preceded by a ten-week cross-country camping trip, during which L’Engle first had the idea for her most famous novel, A Wrinkle in Time, which she completed by 1960. It was rejected more than thirty times before she handed it to John C. Farrar;[13] it was finally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1962.[12]
In 1960 the Franklins moved to an apartment on the Upper West Side, in the Cleburne Building on West End Avenue.[14] From 1960 to 1966 (and again in 1986, 1989 and 1990), L’Engle taught at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School in New York. In 1965 she became a volunteer librarian at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, also in New York. She later served for many years as writer-in-residence at the cathedral, generally spending her winters in New York and her summers at Crosswicks.[citation needed]
During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, L’Engle wrote dozens of books for children and adults. Four of the books for adults formed the Crosswicks Journals series of autobiographical memoirs. Of these, The Summer of the Great-grandmother (1974) discusses L’Engle’s personal experience caring for her aged mother, and Two-Part Invention (1988) is a memoir of her marriage, completed after her husband’s death from cancer on September 26, 1986.
On writing for children
Soon after winning the Newbery Medal for her 1962 “junior novel” A Wrinkle in Time, L’Engle discussed children’s books in The New York Times Book Review.[15] The writer of a good children’s book, she observed, may need to return to the “intuitive understanding of his own childhood,” being childlike although not childish. She claimed, “It’s often possible to make demands of a child that couldn’t be made of an adult… A child will often understand scientific concepts that would baffle an adult. This is because he can understand with a leap of the imagination that is denied the grown-up who has acquired the little knowledge that is a dangerous thing.” Of philosophy, etc., as well as science, “the child will come to it with an open mind, whereas many adults come closed to an open book. This is one reason so many writers turn to fantasy (which children claim as their own) when they have something important and difficult to say.”[15]
Religious beliefs
L’Engle was a Christian who attended Episcopal churches and believed in universal salvation, writing that “All will be redeemed in God’s fullness of time, all, not just the small portion of the population who have been given the grace to know and accept Christ. All the strayed and stolen sheep. All the little lost ones.”[16] As a result of her promotion of Christian universalism, many fundamentalist Christian bookstores refused to carry her books, which were also frequently banned from evangelical Christian schools and libraries. At the same time, some of her most secular critics attacked her work for being too religious.[17]
Her views on divine punishment were similar to those of George MacDonald, who also had a large influence on her fictional work. She said “I cannot believe that God wants punishment to go on interminably any more than does a loving parent. The entire purpose of loving punishment is to teach, and it lasts only as long as is needed for the lesson. And the lesson is always love.”[18]
In 1982, L’Engle reflected on how suffering had taught her. She told how suffering a “lonely solitude” as a child taught her about the “world of the imagination” that enabled her to write for children. Later she suffered a “decade of failure” after her first books were published. It was a “bitter” experience, yet she wrote that she had “learned a lot of valuable lessons” that enabled her to persevere as a writer.[19]
Later years, death, and legacy
L’Engle was seriously injured in an automobile accident in 1991, but recovered well enough to visit Antarctica in 1992.[12] Her son, Bion Franklin, died on December 17, 1999, from the effects of prolonged alcoholism.[20] He was 47 years old.[21]
In her final years, L’Engle became unable to teach or travel due to reduced mobility from osteoporosis, especially after suffering an intracerebral hemorrhage in 2002. She also abandoned her former schedule of speaking engagements and seminars. A few compilations of older work, some of it previously unpublished, appeared after 2001.
L’Engle died of natural causes at Rose Haven, a nursing facility close to her home in Litchfield, Connecticut, on September 6, 2007, according to a statement made by her publicist the following day.[22] She is interred in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.[23]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
A wrinkle in time DB48972
L’Engle, Madeleine. Reading time: 5 hours, 39 minutes.
Read by Madelyn Buzzard.
Science Fiction
Meg Murry, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and her neighbor Calvin are transported to the planet Camazotz as they search for Meg’s lost father, a scientist studying time travel. Prequel to A Wind in the Door (DB 41596). Newbery Medal. For grades 5-8.
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