Where the Cats Rule the Wild

Far away, in a land of imagination, three aspiring authors banded together through the Internet and released one of the biggest children’s' series out there. Set in a real-life England countryside, the series features four clans of cats, and tells the story of their survival in the wild.

Book one of the saga, Into the Wild, opens with a nighttime setting, in which a young tomcat dreams of hunting and living outdoors. Later in the book, the tomcat escapes from his home and his owners and joins one of the four notorious warrior clans of the forest. His new clan, ThunderClan, trains young Rusty to be a fighting, hunting, hardworking, warrior cat and accept him as one of their own.

Young Firepaw, a new member of ThunderClan, is learning all there is to know about life in the wild. Mentored by the Clan's most admired warriors, he's trained to hunt as silently as the wind, as quickly as an adder, and as effectively as is possible. Firepaw's adventures from Book One: Into the Wild to Book Six: The Darkest Hour include everything from saving rivals' lives to breaking the rules.

As the series unfolds, Firepaw transitions into a full warrior, known as Fireheart, and his duties toward his Clan grow with every paw step. Often, he is found speaking with the spirits of the warrior ancestor StarClan, or getting into trouble with the clan leader and her secretive deputy, Tigerclaw.

When I finished the series, which can't truly be said, as it's still growing, I realized that although it seems to continue on without a real plot, each book has its own singular plot, and the books link together like puzzle pieces. Erin Hunter has crafted a wonderful fantasy world for children to read, complete with talking animals. Her characters are deeply made, and it's easy to empathize with the hero of the story, his rivals, and his friends alike.

I suggest this series for children ages 9-12, simply because it's not as entertaining for older readers, and younger readers would constantly be confused by the twists and turns the series makes along the path of its plot.

Have fun reading!

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