Midnight (Book)
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| Midnight (Book) | |
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| General | |
| Author: | Cherith Baldry |
| Cover Artist: | Wayne McLoughlin |
| Details | |
| Publish Date: | 10 May 2005 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0060744499 |
| Editions: | Hardcover, Softcover |
| Summary | |
| Called by StarClan to fufill a new prophecy, a group of young cats set out on a long journey, knowing only that trouble threatens the Forest, as the adventures of the warrior Clans continue. | |
Midnight is the first volume in the second series of six warriors books, called the New Prophecy. Brambleclaw is the cat on the cover, although his eyes are colored wrong.
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[edit] The Bookjacket
[edit] The Blurb
Darkness, Air, Water, and Sky will come together...and shake the forest to its roots.
The wild cats of the forest have lived in peace and harmony for many moons - but a doom that will change everything is coming. Strange messages from their warrior ancestors speak of terrifying new prophecies, danger, and a mysterious destiny.
All the signs point to young warrior Brambleclaw as the cat with the fate of the forest in his paws. But why would the son of wicked cat Tigerstar be chosen to be a hero? And who are the other cats mentioned in the prophecy? All Brambleclaw knows for sure is that the strength and courage of the greatest warriors will be needed now, as the quest to save the Clans begins.
[edit] The Praise
"Action packed. Certain to please any young reader who has ever wondered what dreams of grandeur may haunt the family cat."
- -Publishers Weekly
"A suspenseful animal adventure."
- -Kirkus Reviews
"This series is patterened in the same style of classics by J.R.R. Tolkien or Brian Jacques. Read this, and you'll never look at your plain old tabby the same way again."
- -Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A suspenseful adventure story that urges the reader onward."
- -ALA Booklist
[edit] Detailed Plot Summary
- Midnight is the first novel in Warriors: The New Prophecy, the second series of novels. It opens twelve moons after The Darkest Hour with StarClan choosing four cats to go on a journey. Later in the series, it is revealed that Twolegs (humans) plan to destroy the forest for a new and even larger Thunderpath (a super-highway). A prophecy is revealed that states: Darkness, air, water and sky will come together and shake the forest to its roots. This is the prophecy that this novel and the next two revolve around.
- This book is named after a star-gazing badger. The next generation of warriors from the feral cat colonies (Clans) are introduced. Bramblepaw, Tigerstar's son, has become Brambleclaw. Firestar has had two kits with Sandstorm, named Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw. Squirrelpaw is apprenticed to Dustpelt, and Leafpaw is apprenticed to Cinderpelt in preparation to become the next medicine cat of ThunderClan. It is revealed that Brambleclaw is chosen to represent ThunderClan, Feathertail (Graystripe's daughter) to represent RiverClan, Crowpaw for WindClan, and Tawnypelt (formerly Tawnypaw, Brambleclaw's sister) for ShadowClan. Each cat is visited by StarClan ancestors and are told to go and see what "Midnight" has to say. Squirrelpaw tags along and Stormfur insists on accompanying them to protect his sister, Feathertail, as the six cats trek into the unknown world.
- While Leafpaw and Cinderpelt search for herbs, StarClan sends Cinderpelt an ominous warning in some burning bracken, a picture of a tiger running through fire, which she interprets to mean that fire and tiger will destroy the forest. Cinderpelt concludes that the warning must mean Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw, the daughter of Firestar and the son of Tigerstar, respectively. They share the warning with Firestar, who later decides to keep Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw separated. His plan fails when Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw meet with Feathertail, Stormfur, Tawnypelt, and Crowpaw at Fourtrees, and the cats begin their journey to the sun-drown-place (their name for the sea, because of the way the sun sinks into the water). Later, he realizes that the fire and tiger sign actually means that Brambleclaw and Sqiurrelpaw can save the forest together.
- Their guide, an old loner named Purdy, is confused and fights break out between them because of this. Eventually, they reach the sun-drown-place and enter a cavern inhabited by a highly intelligent badger known as Midnight, who reveals to them that the humans will destroy the forest, that the cats must either leave the forest or die, and that a dying warrior will lead them to their new home. The book ends with a short epilogue back in the forest, where the humans begin to destroy ThunderClan's territory.
- The cover features Brambleclaw.
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