Warriors: The New Prophecy #1: Midnight reviewed by Andrew

Warriors: The New Prophecy #1: Midnight by Erin Hunter
303 pages
Harper Collins
Reviewed by Andrew

Warriors: The New Prophecy #1: Midnight is a great book. It has excitement, and some humor. Lots of children will love these books. I adore these books. This book (Midnight) is the first of this "part" of the Warriors series. Some other book sin this part of the series include: Moonrise and Dawn. This book mostly follows: Thunderclan leader: Firestar, Thunderclan medicine cat: Cinderpelt, Thunderclan medicine cat apprentice: Leafpaw, Thunderlcan depty: Graystripe, brave Thunderclan Warrior leading the questing cats' journey: Brambleclaw, Graystripe's son and daughter: Feathertail and Stormfur, annoying Windclan apprentice: Crowpaw, and Brambleclaw's sister: Tawnypelt. Read as these cats grow up and encounter problems and see how they solve them.

It's up to Brambleclaw and his buddies to save the forest. In this book, four cats have dreams from Starclan which means they are one of the chosen cats of the journey. Watch these cats go on a very exciting journey.

Something that Hunter does is split first person perspective between two cats: Leafpaw and Brambleclaw. She does that so you know what's happening in the clan and you can also know what's happening on the quest.

This book has violence, so I recommend this for ages 10 and up.

DSA #7: Wheel of Misfortune reviewed by Jordan

Wheel of misfortune

By: Kate McMullen

Reviewed by: Jordan

Pages: 91

The excitement, the humor, and the dragon hunting in DSA are brought to this fiction story is amazing how the story works. Kate McMullen, the author of all the DSA books, is one of the best authors I’ve ever read from.

This takes place in medieval times when the dragons are there. I like the way Kate thinks she is a great author just by the way she thinks. In DSA Erica, Angus, wiglaf, and bragwort go to a all school brain tournament. But the problem is that bragwort is only saying … WHO? Wiglaf, Erica, Angus are getting really annoyed by bragwort. Zelnoc, the wizard, puts a spell on bragwort that made him start saying WHO? Before he was saying all the wrong stuff.

The head master of DSA is Mordred De Marvels. He is a very bossy person. He is in love with gold and doesn’t give breaks! My opinion about this book is that there’s a lot of Dialogue and Inner thought. This amazing book teaches a lesson. Don’t enter what you can’t win. The illustrations in are very realistic. It shows that Kate McMullen knows who to pick for the illustrator. Don’t enter what you can’t win means that they cheat to win and I think they should play straight. The first time I was reading this book I felt the lesson. When you read it to you will feel it to.

I recommend 8 and up because 7 year olds won’t understand.

Warriors#1: Into the Wild reviewed by Gordon

WARRIORS INTO THE WILD by Erin Hunter

272 pages

Avon Books

2003

Reviewed by Gordon

The leading, the fighting, and intensity of four clans are showing that they don’t like each other. A kitteypet (a pet) called Rusty, tells the story, the story starts as Rusty is talking to smudge (his pet friend). Then, in a shocking moment Rusty says that he is going into the wild! But, Smudge warns him about the wild cats out there. When he was walking in the forest, he sees a cat with broad muscle, and it was charging right at him! On the final page, he’s catching food for himself, and strong. The last sentence his a suspenseful part: “he was bigger, faster, and stronger, and wiser. If he was destined to oppose Tigerclaw, then so be it. Fireheart was ready for the challenge.

Warriors are an exciting and popular book. The cat, Rusty, is a pet with friends. Rusty has always been small and weak and when his actions are dangerous, Smudge keeps warning him about the cats who live in the wild. Rusty almost gets killed by a wild cat named Graypaw. As a result Graypaw friends with Rusty and enters the clan. Then he begins his new life in one of the four clans.

Rusty is a fearless cat, he shows this when he walked into the clan and every cat was looking at him and making strange faces. Another example is when he is training and Tigerclaw doubts him, but Firepaw does succeed. Rusty is a unique cat, he likes to do something for his clan, but it brakes the rules. For example, when he goes into shadow clan territory and trys to help by trying to get back the kits. Graypaw is giving, for example when he said that Rusty can be in his clan and ends up succeeding.

Rusty changes sends a message about a person can be more then they appear, but the message is never flaky so when you read the first book you want to read the whole series. I highly recommend ages 8-13 because I think seven year olds wouldn’t get some of the parts of the book.

Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path reviewed by Andrew

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.

Deltora Quest series reviewed by Lucas

DELTORA QUEST series by Emily Rodda

Around 130 pages each book

Scholastic Inc.

2000

Reviewed by Lucas

16 teen years old Lief is brave, and daring, and adventurous. His parents are proud of him. In the first book his parents asked him to go on the quest and he went. He missed his parents but he never backed down. He is also daring the night he went on the quest he was in a sewer with his friends. And when he came out of the sewer and it was night. Rather than staying in the sewer the whole night he went to his house where he could have gotten killed on the way. Lief is also adventurous sometimes when Barda and Jasmine would want to stop but Lief would want to keep going. Because he knows that he needs to get the seven gems as soon as possible. He was always up for an adventure.

Jasmine and Barda also go on the quest with Lief. Jasmine is kind of bossy but she is really smart. Barda is also really brave he was a palace guard when Endon and Jarred were at the castle. And then he had to escape because he could of died so he escaped.

Lief, Barda, and Jasmines quest never fails to deliver entertainment or action to the reader. You won’t want to put the book down you will finish on and immediately pick up the next. There are a lot of twists and turns in the book. Lief barda and jasmine just have to go on the ride and wish for the best. And that they don’t die. Don’t under estimate or over look someone in this book. Everyone is important.

The DELTORA QUEST series delivers a message about not giving up and perusing something that is important. For really skilled 8 year olds but usually 9-12 year old readers.

DSA #4: A Wedding for Wiglaf reviewed by Nick

A Wedding for Wiglaf By Kate McMullan

91 pages

Grosset and Dunlap

1998

Reviewer Nick

DSA is full of adventures and dragons. All the princess wants to do is marry Wiglaf but Wiglaf doesn’t want to marry her. In DSA #4 the author is surprising you if Wiglaf is going to marry her or not and I’m on the last book and I got to say the author uses great illustrations! The author is telling you that you don’t have to do something you don’t want to do but Wiglaf had to marry her.

Wiglaf has to marry her but he doesn’t want to. So he puts on dequises so the princess doesn’t find him. Wiglafs friends are Erica and Angus and they help him go on adventures and helps him with problems. Erica is sometimes bossy and Angus likes food too much.

So Wiglaf tried to hide for a while and the princess started to get angry. The author didn’t want to give away the end but that book has a lot of actions. You will be very excited to read the fourth book. The actions are when the princess gets angry and starts’ crying then Wiglaf has to be sneaky so the princess can’t find him. So Wiglaf used a girl diquise. Finally the princess finds him and the wedding was in two hours.

This book teaches you about trust. The authors Illustrations make me think I’m in the book. The issues are when Wiglaf has to marry the princess.Wiglaf learned that he shouldn’t say yes when someone says your getting married. I recommend the book for 7 and up. Be ready to read the awesome adventured book.