Others say...

"Great Stories"
This book is one of many in a series about a clan of wild cats. It is a great read full of adventure. surprise, love and devotion

"FANTABULOUS! EVERYTHING'S REVEALED!"
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK FOR ALL WARRIORS FANS! IT INCLUDES BOTH THE FOREST AND LAKE MAPS, AND YOU GET A TOUR OF ALL THE CLAN'S CAMPS (BOTH FOREST AND LAKE) YOU GET A COOL HISTORY, AND YOU GET TO KNOW ALL THE PREVIOUS LEADERS AND MEDICINE CATS, THAT WERE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, AND ALL THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS! IT EVEN INCLUDES ALL THE HERBS AND OTHER THINGS (LIKE COBWEBS) AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR! YOU GET TO LOOK AT EVENTS THROUGH VARIOUS CATS' VIEWS, AND KNOW ABOUT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED (LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO WINDCLAN WHEN THEY WERE IN EXILE)
THE ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT FOR ME WAS THAT I EXPECTED THERE TO BE (COLORED) PICTURES OF WHAT THE MAIN CHARACTERS LOOKED LIKE, BUT THERE WASN'T. ALSO, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MISPELT WORDS, OR INCORRECT INFORMATION, LIKE TIGERSTAR WASN'T KILLED BY BLOOD.
HOWEVER, THIS BOOK IS A SHOULD-BE-BOUGHT BOOK BY ALL FANS!

"Great series"
Pre-teen and early teen girls love the series. It has my 10 year olds attention. She is reading like never before.

"Warriors"
"Today is a good day to die, but tomorrow is better. Unless, those doing the dying are six foot, mutated chipmunks with blaster rifles. But I'm getting ahead of myself. I should start at the beginning. If you ask me, the end makes a fine beginning. Things come together and things fall apart, and the fur flies a little easier with the help of a Rolling Thunderä shotgun, as long as that fur isn't mine, and I'm the one pulling the trigger. Yep, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, but I ain't Mr. Rogers."

"But, I should introduce myself, you can call me Ishmael. Just kidding, bit of classical allusion there. Call me Hobo, warrior, poet, and one fine-looking feline, that's me. See, all cats are warriors, at least at heart, and that's why I'm the best one to introduce the series, Warriors."

Warriors is a book series first published in 2003 by Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry, under the pen name Erin Hunter, and introduced to me by cat and book lover Billy Waltz. The second series was written under the title Warriors: The New Prophecy. The third series, The Power of Three, and two more books, Firestar's Quest and Secrets of the Clans, are coming in 2007.

The series starts off with Into the Wild and a young "kitty pet"(house cat) name Rusty who yearns for adventure and has vivid dreams of the wilds. He meets a young feral cat, and this meeting leads to a chance to join a clan of wild cats called Thunderclan. He's renamed Firepaw and becomes an apprentice warrior. He finds himself in the middle of a tribal war with three other clans who coexist and compete for food and resources.

Allegiances are constantly shifting among the clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, former friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want. Our young protagonist quickly moves from apprentice to warrior, to second-in-command, to leader of his clan. He must learn wisdom, deal with betrayal, and ultimately save his clan and the forest way of life.

The author has created an intriguing world with an intricate structure and mythology. There is intrigue, themes of loyalty, friendship and death, and an engaging young hero. The difficult life of a feral cat is described in some detail. (Oct. 16 is national feral cat day. Check out [...] ) The cats, anthropomorphism aside, are true to their feline nature, which should delight cat and animal lovers alike. There is some violence. Some characters are killed through fighting and natural disasters, and there is treachery, betrayal and traitors, and even murder among the cats and clans, though it is crucial to the plot and not excessive.

Overall, I believe readers will find a fun-to-read series of books. Though not as elegantly written as Brian Jacques' Redwall series. The superb storytelling drew me into a realm so vivid that it could almost be real and I really came to care about the characters I found myself staying up late, with the old flashlight under the cover trick, to finish the books, and that Sand Storm sounds like a babe. Wonder what she's doing Saturday night? Hey, this cat is a fighter and a lover....

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"

"Warriors? Even the same author? NO WAY?!?!"
Um...Erin Hunter, what's up with you?!?! I know the books are written at a children's level, but what the heck, I'm 14 and I love them. This book, however, seemed like a cool idea and part of it was. I hated the personal cat guides through the Clans, it sounds like something I'd write in 5th grade, not something for a 4th or 5th grader. I also didn't like the fighting descriptions. I thought there should have been more regular stories from different times that explain different things and the family trees from each series should have been in it. A couple of quizzes from the books wouldn't have been bad either. Does anyone else agree with me?!?!