I look around the town library, looking around all the different shelves. I see picture books, science books, fiction, non-fiction......all sorts of books. Then I come a across a small, slightly crumpled book. It looked like any regular paperback but something about it interested me. The series was called WARRIORS but there were cats on the front and back. I was like "What the ...?" How can cats have anything to do with warriors? This must be a stupid book. Boy, was I wrong.
If you haven't guessed already, this post is about one of my favourite book series (next to Percy Jackson and The Olympians) Warriors, which are written by Erin Hunter. This book series is about cats living and survivng in the wild. They live in these groups called Clans. There are 5 Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan , ShadowClan and StarClan. The ThunderClan are usually called the Clan of heroes for the heroic deeds they've done in the past. They live in the forest and usually hunt for mice and birds. The WindClan are called, by the other Clans, cowards for being quick to flee rather than fight. They live in an open field and have the speed to hunt their main food: rabbits. The RiverClan is best known for their love of the water. They live right beside a river and are the only Clan that can swim and hunt fish. The next Clan is ShadowClan. This Clan is known for its evil, battle-hungry past. They say they are the most evil of the Clans, but they're just proud and aggressive. They live in a dark, empty moorland and eat things like frogs and crowfood(garbage). And last, but certainly not least, the StarClan. This is the place cats go when they die. Yes there's a place that dead cats go to. They watch over the living, give them prophecies indicating their destinies. They also give a leader of a Clan 9 lives. It's kind of weird but cool.
In every Clan, there are the warriors, the ones that defend and feed the Clan. Queens who are taking care of kits before they're six moons(months)old. The medicine cat who helps heal cats when they're injured or ill and interpret omens from the StarClan. The elders who are retired warriors, the deputy who becomes the leader after the past leader dies and of course the leader who leads the Clan and makes the decisions. These cats follow their code of honour like a knight's code of honour from the medieval times. If they break the code, they are seriously punished. For example, it's against their law to fall in love with cat from another Clan or for them to cross other Clan's borders. So the warrior code is very important to them and keeps everything in balance.
"Fire alone can save our Clan."
This was the prophecy that started the series. It was Spottedleaf, the ThunderClan medicine cat, who received this from StarClan one night along with Bluestar, the ThunderClan leader. At the time, ThunderClan and were being attacked by their battle-hungry neighbours. Bluestar was worried because they were losing warriors and there were fewer kits to apprentice. When Spottedleaf told her the message from StarClan, Bluestar was confused. Fire is feared by all Clans. How can it save us? What they didn't know that the prophecy didn't mean that they would be saved by fire but by a cat that was like fire. Who is this cat? And when will this prophecy be fulfilled? My friends you're just going to have get those books and find out by yourselves.
Whew, that's alot of typing. I can go on forever on about the events that have happened, who I hate, who I love and such but I didn't want to bore you guys to death. I hope I entertained you guys and might interest some of you guys in trying out some of these books.
Life Lesson: They say the saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover" refers to never judging people before you know them, but I think this can apply to books as well. A certain book might look stupid but you never know. Maybe after you give it a try you might become obsessed with it. Just like I have with the Warriors series.
P.S If you wanna know more about Warriors, just go to www.warriorcats.com
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