Spirits in the Stars (Seekers Series #6)

by Erin Hunter

Overview

On the unforgiving Arctic Ice . . .

United once again, Toklo, Lusa, Kallik, and Ujurak continue their journey across the treacherous ice, certain that the answers they’re searching for will soon be within their reach. But their challenges are not over, and when the group finally reaches land, they meet a tribe of bears plagued by a strange illness. As they near the end of their journey together, the four bears are faced with a critical decision . . . and for one bear, the path ends here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060871420
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/03/2012
Series:	Seekers Series , #6
Pages:	273
Sales rank:	63,744
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.80(d)
Lexile:	770L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of animals and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich, mythical explanations for animal behavior. She is the author of the Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, and Bravelands series. She lives in the UK. Visit her online at www.warriorcats.com.

Editorial Reviews

These stories will be welcomed by the Warriors series’ many fans.

ALA Booklist

Exhausted and starving, Ujurak and his bear friends continue to follow the spirits in the sky over the "Endless Ice." They begin to lose hope when the spirits seem to abandon them on this leg of their quest to find a home of their own. The belief that they must be near the end of their journey is all that is keeping them moving forward. Along the way, the bears face killer orcas, poisonous food, a hostile group of rival polar bears, and humans taking over their lands. Ujurak begins to realize that he must work with other animals and humans alike if they are to save the wild and make it to the end of their voyage. The pack must also say a bittersweet goodbye to one of its own. If readers are not familiar with any of the previous books in the "Seekers" series, they may have a difficult time figuring out who these characters are and why they are on their journey. There is very little back story to bring new readers up to speed. The story also does not explain why Ujurak is the only character that can shape change, or how a brown, black, grizzly, and polar bear end up together in the Arctic. Some pictures of characters, or character profiles, might help new readers differentiate between the characters, but there is only one small illustration beside each new chapter heading. The book itself is appropriate for fifth grade and up, but the vocabulary is not so advanced that a fourth grader would not be able to understand it. Younger readers may be disturbed by some of the fight scenes, however. Number six in the "Seekers" series. Reviewer: Heather Welsh

Children's Literature - Heather Welsh