Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path
317 pages
HarperCollins
2004
Reviewed by: Andrew
Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path, and its brothers (Into the Wild, Fire and Ice, Forest of Secrets, Rising Storm, and The Darkest Hour,) are all part of the first “part” of the Warriors series. They first appeared in late 2003. The books mostly follow the former house-cat (kittypet) now Thunderclan deputy Fireheart, and his best friend Graystripe, Thunderclan leader Bluestar, Fireheart’s beloved Sandstorm, and ambitious former Thunderclan deputy, now Shadowclan leader, Tigerstar.
A Dangerous Path is the fifth of this extremely exciting and entertaining series. Fireheart and the rest of Thunderclan have to drive Tigerstar out of the forest. All the excitement is topped off by the amazing and cat loving, Erin Hunter.
What Hunter does is make Fireheart first person perspective. You will empathize with him a lot. And when Fireheart does things he shouldn’t do to save the clans from destruction, Bluestar usually punishes him, but he either goes with the punishment, or finds a way to prove that he did it for the clan. And with multiple losses towards the end, you know just how he feels.
It has everything you could want, some humor, adventure, and a great hero. For kids that feel like they have a Tigerstar in their life, try to be like Fireheart. Just don’t fight. And kids who are like a Tigerstar, this book will teach them that good always will beat evil. The books in series do have violence, so I recommend this for ANYONE ages 10 and up.
