The Warriors Saga
Author - Erin Hunter, Avon Books, 2004 - present
Age Range - 10 - 12 years old.
Warriors Saga is about an every-day house cat named Rusty, except for one thing, he always dreamed of going to the wild. There was a forest right behind the fence in his yard and he always dreamed about hopping over it. One day, while chasing a mouse, the mouse climbed up the fence and over, and Rusty followed it. While stocking the mouse he a runs into a wild cat. He fights the cat and almost wins until another wild cat stops them. The wild cats tell Rusty about five wild cat clans and asks for him to join his clan. And so begins the wild and adventurous Warriors Saga.
There are six books in the first Warriors Series and, so far, four books in the next series. The first series is about Rusty and his friends and the second series is about Rusty's and his friend's descendents.
I think this series of books is very good because it is adventurous and, at the same time, you can relate to the cats because they have a lot of expression and feelings. These cats are almost human. For example, at the beginning of the book, Rusty felt so rejected because all the cats were making fun of him, calling him a kitty pet and telling him he wasn't worthy of being in the clan until one of the cats tackles him and Rusty wins the fight. At that point he is mostly accepted by the clan, but still had to prove himself many times.
I would give this series of books five stars. Warning, if you read the first book, once you start reading you won't be able to stop. Written by Bacon |