Crookedstar's Promise
| File:Crookedstar's Promise.JPG Hardcover Edition | |
| Author | Erin Hunter |
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| Illustrator | |
| Cover artist | Wayne McLoughlin |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Warriors (novel series) |
| Genre | Children's literature Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | July 5, 2011[1] |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 491 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-198097-8 Search this book on  . |
| Preceded by | SkyClan's Destiny |
| Followed by | Yellowfang's Secret |
Crookedstar's Promise is a children's fantasy novel, the fourth super edition in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. The book itself was written by Kate Cary. It was released on July 5, 2011.[2]
Development[edit]
At first, an Early Clan Super Edition was planned to be released in 2010[3] with Victoria Holmes saying "I’d love to do a Super Edition about the very early Clans so we can see how they started to take the shape that we recognize today".[4] However, because Erin Hunter has decided to instead do an entire arc dedicated to the early Clan days, the book was cancelled and Crookedstar's Promise was to be released in 2011 instead. In the seventh author chat, it was revealed that an evil female cat named Mapleshade, first mentioned in Night Whispers (who eventually ends up in the Dark Forest), will be featured in the book. Mapleshade is the first evil she-cat mentioned in this book series. Erin Hunter did not want readers to become upset because she only wrote about evil toms. She also would like her readers to reflect on Tigerstar and Scourge and compare them with Mapleshade. Crookedstar loses his family in this book: his mate, his kit, his brother, his mother, his leader, and his father. Through these losses, he becomes stronger.[5]
Plot[edit]
In the prologue, the RiverClan camp is flooded. Duskwater, an elder, is washed away. Rainflower's kits are coming. Because the water was getting higher, she climbs up an oak tree to give birth. Brambleberry delivers her kits, and Rainflower names one Stormkit, after the storm they were born in, and the other Oakkit, after the tree that offered her protection from the water while she gave birth.
The book follows Crookedstar, first known as Stormkit. Stormkit was chased by the ThunderClan medicine cat, Goosefeather, at the Sunningrocks, where he breaks his jaw. His mother, Rainflower, feels no sympathy for Stormkit and asks the RiverClan leader, Hailstar, to rename Stormkit to Crookedkit. Rainflower and Shellheart argue, and Shellheart said he never knew she could be this heartless, and says if she went on with the ceremony, they would no longer be mates. Crookedkit is left distraught by this. Crookedkit is curious of what his destiny will be, and he attempts to travel to the Moonstone. However, he gets lost and ends up at a barn instead, where he stays for a while. Mapleshade, an evil ThunderClan she-cat, talks to Crookedkit in a dream, and asks him to make a promise to be loyal to RiverClan above all other things. Crookedkit did not understand what he was promising when he made his pledge, not knowing that being loyal to one Clan was not the same as loving a single cat.
Throughout the novel, Crookedkit, who becomes Crookedpaw and then Crookedjaw, begins to realize what "sacrifices" he has to make because of what he promised Mapleshade. He tells her he doesn't need her help, but she says she is only doing this for his own good. She sends an omen, making Crookedjaw deputy. Then when rats kill Hailstar, she sends Crookedjaw away, and Crookedjaw is forced to see his leader die without his help, making Crookedjaw leader of RiverClan. Mapleshade meets him when he receives his nine lives, with the words "We did it!" Crookedstar tells her to get out of his way; he regrets making the promise. But Mapleshade says she will follow him wherever he goes. Brambleberry says that Mapleshade wasn't responsible for all the death in his family and clan. Finally, when Mapleshade "kills" Willowbreeze, Crookedstar's mate, Crookedstar demands to know from Mapleshade why she is doing this to him. Mapleshade tells him her story, and promises to keep haunting him until his dying day. Finally, when Mapleshade "takes" Silverstream's life, she visits Crookedstar to tell him his "punishment" was over and that she was "avenged".
References[edit]
- ↑ "Warriors Super Edition: Crookedstar's Promise by Erin Hunter". HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ↑ "Kate's Blog » Saturday Morning". katecary.co.uk. May 1, 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ "Erin Hunter chat #5 transcript - August 16, 2008". Wands and Worlds. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ "Erin Hunter Chat #6 Transcript - the chat". Wands and Worlds. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ "Erin Hunter Chat Transcript 8/14/2010 - part 1". Wands and Worlds. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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