Warriors: Battles of the Clans [Library Binding]

Erin Hunter (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Warriors

An inside look at each Clan's fighting secrets:

• ShadowClan's night ambush technique
• ThunderClan's surprise Lightning Strike tactic
• WindClan's secret underground tunneling
• RiverClan's water maneuvers
• SkyClan's fearsome "skydrop" move

Plus never-before-told stories behind the most significant battles in Clan history!

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About the Author

Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior. She is also the author of the bestselling Seekers series.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 208 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061702315
• ISBN-13: 978-0061702310
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,148,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Erin Hunter is the author of the bestselling Warriors and Seekers series. She is inspired by a love of animals and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior.

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Actio packed (Full of spoilers), June 6, 2010

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W. Westphal - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warriors: Battles of the Clans (Hardcover)

I have read all the warrior books except a couple of comics and the like,so yeah,I'm a big warrior fan. But when I saw this,I didn't really expect it would be that great,I expected a bunch of battles slashed together.
I certainly was wrong. This book is narrated by several characters in the books,from Onestar to Tigerclaw. It starts as Onestar welcomes you to his camp and tells you he will show you the clans battle lore. For some reason he takes you first to the other clans but oh well.
One thing I liked about this book is that like the other field guides,this one has a story where you are a character being shown around.But this one gets better as at one point Tigerclaw interrupts and shows you the old forest.
This book does talk about many battles,most of them are brand new.
It's also very updated,showing Mistystar as the new leader.
A must have for every Warrior fan.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Companion to the Novels - Buy the Hardcover, June 11, 2010

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L. Gildart (Somerville, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warriors: Battles of the Clans (Hardcover)

This is a beautifully made companion piece to the novels. The pictures are gorgeous, and the book itself is well made. I'm not going to spoil the stories, but there are battles that someone who has read all the books will remember and battles from long ago in the Clans' histories.

All of the vignettes make the most of what works best in the Warriors books: the action sequences. The fights are well-written and exciting, and I was amazed at how quickly I cared about the characters who were new to me. The book is light on the relational and serial drama aspects of the books, although I am pretty sure it drops some hints about both the Omen of the Stars series and the upcoming Sky Clan's Destiny super edition. It made my son, who is nine and the big warriors fan in the family, want to go back and re-read Bluestar's Prophecy, which makes me happy. If he's loving the books, I'm loving the authors. Kudos to te Erin Hunter team on this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!!, August 16, 2010

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Beth A. Hlywiak (State College, PA, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warriors: Battles of the Clans (Hardcover)

This is a great guide!
There are exclusive never before told stories, such as "Battle of the Foxes" (I think that's what it's called) where Graystripe guides the four Clans into a battle against foxes on their territory while Firestar is away rebuilding SkyClan.
Another one is when Lionheart (then Lionpaw) was too afraid to fight a battle, so he hid in Snakerocks for a long time.

There are also some neat paintings inside the book about scenes from the stories.

In this book, you are a kittypet "guided" by Clan warriors and Clan leaders through each Clan. You are there to learn about historic battles of the Clans, so the cats of the Clans teach you about them, and tell their stories.

The only problem I have is that if you haven't read Fading Echos (the 2nd Omen of the Stars book) some major spoilers are in store for you in this book.
Also, there are a few mistakes such as it saying that Cinderpelt, Sootfur, AND Rainwhisker died in the badger fight in ThunderClan, but Rainwhisker didn't in the series.

Otherwise a great book and an ideal gift!!!