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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Taken away from their families when they were young cubs, a black bear, a polar bear, and grizzly bear are suddenly brought together to complete a dangerous quest in the hopes of figuring out where their true destiny
Hunter (the Warriors series) kicks off a new series as three young bears, unknown to one another, each embark on a perilous journey. Two of the characters, Kallik, a polar bear, and Toklo, a grizzly, were born in the wild and lose their mothers to tragic events. To survive, they must draw on their underdeveloped instincts. Lusa, a black bear, has grown up in "the Bear Bowl," a protected environment at a zoo, but to fulfill a promise (to Toklo's rescued mother, as it turns out) she leaves it and ventures into wilderness. The bears find help from other, more seasoned bears and are comforted by their belief in mythical bear spirits as they navigate the harsh realities of life in the wild. By the end, only Toklo and Lusa have met, and the purpose of the quest has not been fully revealed. Although this book does not seem as tightly written as the Warriors titles, readers will appreciate the bears' struggle to survive, along with Hunter's environmental theme. The suspenseful conclusion will build in an eager audience for the next installment. Ages 10-up. (June)
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Jeremy Trimble
reviewed The Quest Begins (Seekers Series #1) on August 12, 2012
The Quest Begins (Seekers Series #1)
Okay, despite the marketing, this is NOT 'Warrior Cats' with bears, so do not let your like/dislike one one be a guide to whether you'd like the other!
I liked the Warriors series a lot, so I thought I'd give this a go. I also wrote this review after also reading the 2nd book, so as not to pre-judge by only the opener. Well... they tried.
-'Erin Hunter' isn't a real person but a team of writers. An additional 3rd writer writes these who didn't work on Warriors... (the dog series doesn't have any of the original writers.) I think this series would have been better if it had been allowed to be more different rather than marketed as a B-grade Warriors spinoff.
-Thankfully the bears don't act like stupid teddy bears.
-Part of the beauty of the Warriors series were there were so many characters and epic conflicts and battles. It was like one of those addictive soap operas (I assume, having never been addicted to soap operas.) These elements are just missing from the Seekers series. Well, yes, focussing more on just the 4 main characters is potentially a good thing in some ways. The problem is, much of Seekers consist of what I'd call 'boring filler' in the Warriors (the parts where they went on a boring trip and got chased by a dog or stuck in a thorn bush, yawn...) There's more scope for things actually happening here, but we know the bears aren't about to die or something (unlike Warriors...) so it's not exactly suspenseful.
-Long stretches of the book sound like they'd make a great TV show or movie, where you actually see the action, but are just boring to read...
-Then there's the bears' 'religion'/superstition. This is fine when the whole thing is properly developed, (like StarClan in Warriors was actually plotted) but them just having random superstitions and believing in the wind/hallucinations doesn't really cut it for me.
The polar bear is just boring, sorry, and undergoes zero character development. I like Toklo and Lusa. They're the only part/s of the first two books that capture my interest.
I think this is targeted at a younger audience than Warriors, which is misleading, when all the marketing and covers makes them look 'the same'.
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