Rising Storm
by Erin Hunter
★ Top 10 book of 2004 · #9 on Best Books of 2004
Fireheart, the young ThunderClan deputy, has driven out the traitor Tigerclaw yet fears he still lurks nearby. With ominous signs, an apprentice's secret, and a broken leader, the forest swelters as a storm approaches.
Best for: Young fans of animal-clan fantasy who want ongoing series drama and suspense
Rising Storm is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2004, out of 48 2004 books that cleared our data bar.
What Rising Storm is about
In the fourth Warriors novel, written by Kate Cary under the Erin Hunter name, four Clans of wild cats share a forest: ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan and ShadowClan. The setting is based on the New Forest in southern England. Fireheart is now ThunderClan's deputy, and he is still haunted by the former deputy, Tigerclaw.
Tigerclaw's betrayal has left the Clan leader Bluestar paranoid, trusting only senior warriors and cats not born in the Clan. Fireheart also has to handle his disrespectful nephew and apprentice Cloudpaw, who ignores orders to stay away from Twolegs, and he misses his best friend Graystripe, who left to live in RiverClan. The forest grows hotter as summer drags on. Reviews were mixed: reviewers praised the suspense and cliffhanger ending, but some criticized the growing number of characters and the lack of humor and depth.
Rising Storm on the Best Books of 2004
Rising Storm came out in 2004. Of the 48 books first published in 2004 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #9 on our Best Books of 2004 list.
Why it made the list: 283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (23 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2004 list
- The Plot Against America Philip Roth, #7
- When He Was Wicked Julia Quinn, #8
- The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! Mo Willems, #10
- The Last Kingdom Bernard Cornwell, #11
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 211 want to read it, 12 are reading it now and 60 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 23 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 69 | 55% |
| Reader love | 83 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 65 | 20% |
Questions about Rising Storm
When was Rising Storm published?
Rising Storm by Erin Hunter was first published in 2004.
Was Rising Storm one of the best books of 2004?
Rising Storm is #9 on BookWard's Best Books of 2004, out of 48 2004 books that cleared our data bar. 283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (23 ratings).
Why is Rising Storm on the Best Books of 2004 list?
283 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 (23 ratings).
More of the best books of 2004
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter Jeffry P. Lindsay, #1
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens Robert T. Kiyosaki, #2
- The Ruins of Gorlan John Flanagan, #3
- Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow, #4
- Blink Malcolm Gladwell, #5
- She Comes First Ian Kerner, #6
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