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Into the Wild (Warriors, Book 1) Paperback – January 6, 2004

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Product Details

  • Age Range: 8 - 12 years
  • Grade Level: 3 - 7
  • Lexile Measure: 790L (What's this?)
  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (January 6, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060525509
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060525507
  • Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,399 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsHere kitty kitty. Nice kitty.
By E. R. Bird HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on September 4, 2005
Format: Paperback
Kids are pretty savvy when it comes to discovering books that fill a particular need. At the library where I work, I'd seen them taking out this "Warriors" series by Erin Hunter fairly regularly. For some reason it's near impossible to keep these puppies on the shelves. Curiosity got ahold of me, so I decided to sit down and read through the first of these somewhat odd stories. I would never have been able to guess that the secret lives of cats would be so interesting to children. Housecats, definitely not. But when it comes to the lives and loyalties of the feral variety, Hunter's definitely tapped into a rich resource of text.

Rusty has a fairly good life. He lives with a family of humans (or Two-legs) that love him. He gets regular feedings, even if it's yucky dry stuff. He even has his own little cat door to come in and out of. Rusty isn't content, however. He dreams of catching mice in the forest not far from his home. When a night's exploration of that forest ends with a confrontation with the wild cats that live without human interference, Rusty readily joins them and their clan. Renamed "Firepaw", the cat learns that he has dropped smack dab into the middle of a war. The clan he has joined is called ThunderClan and is ruled by the magnanimous Bluestar. Other clans like RiverClan, WindClan, and ShadowClan fight continually for dominance over a rapidly dwindling food supply. ThunderClan needs recruits like Firepaw to stay alive, and through their training the new cat is on his way to becoming a warrior. Along the way he must face hunger, dismissal, and learn some shocking truths about the animals he's agreed to join.

Hunter conjures up a well-thought out world in which cats have their own system of governance.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy daughter lives for these books
By Steven Kerrick on December 16, 2005
Format: Hardcover
My 9-year-old started the first book in the series a couple of months ago, and now she's read all of them at least once. She gets up in the morning and reads Warrior books instead of getting ready for school. She comes home and reads them instead of doing homework. She reads them at night instead of helping clean up dishes. She has organized her friends into clans. They have clan meetings and put clan marks all over the things in our back yard.

I've read the first couple of the books, starting with Into the Wild, and I can see why she loves them. The characters are so well drawn that you feel like you really know them. They face real moral dilemmas and behave in complex ways. Erin Hunter does not talk down to her readers. There's humor but no silliness. Very good books.

My daughter is in fourth grade, but she reads at sixth grade level. The reading level of these books is like 5.5 or 6.0. Great for anyone 5th grade or higher, and for the advanced 4th grader.
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou'll Be Giving Your Cat Some Strange Looks
By Caesar Warrington on November 7, 2006
Format: Library Binding
INTO THE WILD is the first volume of a large series of books in which writer Erin Hunter has conjured up an amazing world of feral cat tribes which struggle for survival literally right outside your own backyard!

The saga begins here with Rusty, a domestic cat (or as wild cats call them, "kittypets") who longs to be out on his own, free, eating what he kills, sleeping where he wants. One night, while exploring the nearby woods, he encounters members of ThunderClan, one of four feline tribes that struggle with each other for dominance of the area. Treated with contempt and hostility in the beginning, Rusty proves himself by fighting for ThunderClan in their war against the aggressive ShadowClan. Renamed Firepaw, he is accepted into the tribe to become one of their fiercest warriors.

This action-packed but intelligent book and subsequent volumes have delighted children, fantasy readers and cat lovers of all ages.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat Book
A Kid's Review on February 24, 2005
Format: Hardcover
I liked Warriors: Into the Wild because it was different than I thought it would be. It was about a cat named Firepaw who ventures into the wild and leaves his safe, warm home to join a clan of wild cats. I also liked it because the cats act just like people. They have a leader, they go to the cat doctor, and they can join the cat army. Another reason I liked this book was because it didn't end how I expected. I would recommend this book to kids who like to read adventure stories or animal stories.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCat story
A Kid's Review on April 19, 2006
Format: Paperback
Everybody should buy this adventurous book Into the Wild. This book is about cats fighting for survival. These cats follow a law of a clan named Starclan. Starclan is practically heaven but with no God only cats. A cat named Rusty lives with people, or Twolegs, and that makes him a kittypet. Rusty goes into the woods and joins a clan named Thunderclan. He is supposed to promise to protect his clan with his life. He makes new friends and finds out treacherous secrets that only he can reveal. He gets a new name from his clan and before he came the clans medicine cat had a vision that only fire can save the clan. Rusty is worried but will be ready when war comes to his clan.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMy favorite book
A Kid's Review on November 11, 2004
Format: Hardcover
This is one of the best books I have ever read.It revolves around the life of a normal house cat named Rusty, who hears the call of the wild and answers.Accepted into the Thunder Clan to train as a warrior,Firepaw(Rusty's new apprentice name)learns to obey the warrior code-a set of rules laid down by the antient clans that once ruled the forest.To prove that he is not just a "kittypet",must work hard to stay loyal to his new clan;and prove that the best warriors don't have to be clanborn to have the heart of a clan cat.
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