For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by their warrior ancestors. But the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger, and the sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying—and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears an ordinary house cat named Rusty . . . who may turn out to be the bravest warrior of them all.

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aaaWarriors is a child book series writen by a team of authors under the name of Erin Hunter. It's still ongoing since 2003 and consists of over 100 books counting in all of the side stories. It's very loved all around the globe by people of all ages and has been translated into 38 languages, including my native language — polish. Story follows four Clans of cats — Thunder-, Shadow-, Wind- and River Clan — living in the wild and their struggle to survive that leads to a lot of conflicts and drama between them. As well as characters relationships and personal drama.

aaaThe series is divided into story arcs that are always 6 books long. Each can be read as an individual story in theory, but plot is sometimes heavily connected to the arcs before, so I recommend giving this series a read from the very begining — Into the wild. It's the first book in the series released in 2003 and with the following 5 books of the first arc is the best introduction to the series and the Clans.

aaaSystem of the four Clans that characters of this series live in is what makes the series special. Strict, not complex rules are easy to follow for kids, but still interesting and investing for older readers and can sparkle creativity in the reader very fast. Part of the reason why so many people love Warriors is because of how easy it is to get invested into making your own warrior cats characters and story, that you can than share with a huge fandom online or you can participate in roleplay with your friends using your new kitty companion.

aaaAnd if you love art or are into writing, maybe you can do fanart of your favorite canon characters? Make a heart-crushing piece portraying your favorite emotional scene and find other people that love it too. Creativity of Warriors fandom has no limits, it flooded and still floods the internet. Maybe you've actually seen cats fighting with eachother, dying and sharing emotional moments in an animation on youtube in multi-animator projects or amvs but weren't aware it's a book series? Or maybe you saw a lot of edgy, cool fanarts of a black cat with blue eyes, white paw, awesome collar with claws and blood dripping from him? Congrats! It was a warrior cats character!

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