What comes next? Warriors

Many parents will be familiar with the challenge of finding their tamariki interesting and exciting books to read after they finish a fantastic series, and the library is here to help.

In our series "What Comes Next?" we provide some recommendations for children after they've finished a popular series. In this guide we focus our attention on the long-running Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter.

Updated October 24, 2024
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The capture
Lasky, Kathryn
Paper Book
A classic hero mythology about the fight between good and evil, Guardians of Ga'Hoole is filled with adventure, suspense, and heart.Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and...

Younger kids

Mez's magic
Schrefer, Eliot
Paper Book
The magical rainforest of Caldera has forever been divided into those animals who walk by night and those who walk by day. Nightwalker panthers, like young Mez and her beloved sister, have always feared daywalkers as creatures of myth and legend. Until the eclipse. Now Mez...

Younger kids

Lucky
Hill, Chris
Paper Book
A classic animal adventure story featuring dueling squirrel clans, peace-keeping dogs, interspecies friendships, and unlikely heroes.Lucky, a lost little squirrel, finds himself in Albion Park surrounded by native squirrels that are very big, very tough, and VERY different than him. He needs lots of...

Younger kids

The invasion
Applegate, Katherine.
Paper Book
This fantastic, unpredictable, edge-of-your-seat series can best be described as an "X-Files" for kids--plus a whole lot more! Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco are the Animorphs--five kids who can change into any animal they touch. The bottom of each page is animated with "flip-book" images,...

Younger kids

Gone
Grant, Michael
Paper Book
The first in New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant's breathtaking dystopian sci-fi saga, Gone is a page-turning thriller that invokes the classic The Lord of the Flies along with the horror of Stephen King. In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young....

Older kids

Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie
Paper Book
From a dazzlingly talented young writer, a haunting and original supernatural romance in the vein of TWILIGHT.For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived...

Older kids

First test
Pierce, Tamora.
Paper Book
Tamora Pierce returns to the land of Tortall with a heroine who refuses to quit in this first book in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling Protector of the Small series. Ten years after knighthood training was opened to both males "and "females, no girl has been brave enough to try. But...

Older kids

Into the wild
Hunter, Erin
Paper Book
Join the legion of fans who have made Erin Hunter's Warriors series a #1 national bestseller! Epic adventures. Fierce Warrior cats. A thrilling fantasy world. It all begins here with Warriors #1: Into the Wild. For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to...

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