Not your average kittypet!

Rusty is living the good life. He's a young house cat with a bowl full of food and owners who let him snuggle down in their bed at night. So why is he having recurring dreams of hunting mice, and why do these dreams leave him so restless? One day his curiosity drives him into the woods near his home where he is attacked by a young wild cat. this young cat and two others who join him are part of the ThunderClan. The Clan's leader, Bluestar, invites Rusty to leave his life of comfort and join the clan, so Rusty, who is renamed Firepaw, joins the ThunderClan to train to be a warrior, but will he live to regret that decision? ShadowClan is trying to take over the territory of the other three clans, and ThunderClan is weaker than ever following the deaths of some of their fiercest warriors. Is there a traitor in the ThunderClan? Will Firepaw survive his apprenticeship and become a ThunderClan warrior proving to Tigerclaw that he isn't just a kittypet? And what of Spottedleaf's message from the StarClan that fire will save ThunderClan?

This is the first book in Erin Hunter's Warriors series. I purchased it for my library several years ago, and then ended up getting a free Kindle download of the title about a year ago, still it just sat there unread.  I finally decided to read it this weekend because I figured it would at least be a quick read (290 pages), and I didn't want to be in the middle of a longer book when school started back after the holidays since I have a bunch of new books being delivered and wanted to be able to start reading them. Well, I was not disappointed. The story is well written (if you can get your mind wrapped around the clan lingo, twolegs = humans, kittypet = house cat, dirt = poop, etc.), and is definitely action packed. The immediate story of the book reaches a conclusion, but the overall story of the warrior cats is far from over. It won't take me nearly as long to read others in this series as it did for me to read the first. If you want to know more about the series, checkout the Warrior Cats website http://www.warriorcats.com/ or visit our library and check out the book.