Shelly's Book Blog

Into the Wild is the first book in Erin Hutner's Warriors series. Rusty, who is a pet cat, decides to join ThunderClan, a group of wild cats. Rusty is re-named Firepaw, and he begins training to become a ThunderClan warrior so that he can help defend against rival clans in the area. Firepaw also has to worry about treachery from within his own clan, though. There is plenty of adventure here, and the series promises plenty more.
I liked this book, but I did have a difficult time keeping all the names straight, because so many of them end with -paw! It was also strange thinking of housecats as warriors. Once I got past those two problems, I enjoyed the suspenseful story, as well as the complex relationships among the cat characters. This seems like a great series for kids who like both animals and adventure -- very similar to Brian Jacques' Redwall series.