| The Quest Begins (Seekers, Book 1) | 
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Sales Rank: 1375
Category: Book
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Studio: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Label: HarperCollins
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0060871229
EAN: 9780060871222
ASIN: 0060871229
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Product Description
Three bears . . . one destiny From the author of the nationally bestselling Warriors books comes a brand-new animal fantasy series. Three young bears from different species—black, polar, and grizzly—are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey. Fate is about to change all these bears lives forever, setting their paws on a path toward a future they cannot yet imagine . . .
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 Erin Hunter is the Best June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Erin Hunter has stolen my heart. I can't wait for her to put another book out. I love the Warrior Cats Series, all of them, and now she has me hooked on The Bears in Quest. Being a cat owner I can really get into the Cat books, and being a lover of all animals the Quest series shows that it too will be another great, great read. Long may Erin Hunter put pen to paper and engross us in the lives of animals.
 Utter disappointment June 19, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Avni Gupta (age 15) for Reader Views (6/08)
When I first saw the cover of "Seekers #1: The Quest Begins," I was extremely excited to start reading. Then I saw that it was by Erin Hunter, and that got me even more excited. I had read all of her books in the Warrior series and loved them, so I thought that this book would live up to the others. I could not have been more wrong.
In the first chapter, this book had already lost my attention. There was nothing interesting going on here! In the middle of the fifth chapter, I felt my eyes drooping. It was a first. A book had made me almost go to sleep. This didn't even happen when I read "Pride and Prejudice," a book that I found incredibly boring.
The only saving grace in this book is the cover. It is unbelievably cute, and has bears on it. What could be better? I guess that I have learnt my lesson about judging a book by its cover. I am never going to do that again!
If you really do want to read this book though (all of you "Pride and Prejudice" readers, listen up!), I have a few suggestions as to how to get through it without falling asleep like me. First of all, make sure that this is the only book that you are reading at the time. I was reading a few at the same time and my thoughts were always going out to my other books and how much more interesting they were than what I was reading. Another suggestion that I have is to not have any other thing that you could possibly do instead of reading. I had a few finals that I could study for, and so, for the first time in my life, I studied instead of reading a book.
All in all, I feel like "Seekers #1: The Quest Begins," by Erin Hunter is a waste of time and should not be read unless you know that you love bears and have to read everything written about them. If you just like the cover, however, I suggest printing out a picture of some bears and sticking it onto a notebook and writing your own story about bears. I learned one thing while reading this book and that was to never ever judge a book by its cover because that will end up biting you in the butt.
A promising start... June 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Erin Hunter has done it again.
I am a huge fan of her Warriors series, pre-ordering most of them, etc. She (or they!) is an exceptional writer. I had high hopes for her new series, Seekers, though I wasn't sure what to expect when I started to read the first book.
Many people who have read this book note the losses and the pain of the main characters. I agree, the losses are intense and can be a bit harsh, but they are balanced out by the excitement that they bring. I turned the pages eagerly as I read, drinking in the emotions and fear.
This book was not up-to-par with Warriors. I could not relate to many of the bears, the storyline was not as fantastic, and the author(s) is apparently so used to writing about cats that she makes a few mistakes, such as when one of the bears gets angry, it "bristles" as cats do (this made me laugh); as far as I know, bears don't really bristle. But she had obviously researched bears decently, and the book, for the most part, was very well-written.
If you are a fan of the Warriors series, I recommend this book and applaud Erin Hunter on her new idea. "The Quest Begins" marks a very promising start, and let's hope that she can keep it up!
Long Time Fan June 12, 2008
I have been reading "Erin Hunter"'s series "warriors" sense I found out about them in seventh grade. When I found out about the new series hcoming out, I knew I had to read it. I bought the book on my amazon kindle yesterday and finished it today. Overall, this was a wonderful book. My only negative thoughts were about the ending. The endhing gave enough of a closing on Toklo and Lusa, but left the ending for Lusa hanging in an eerie silence. I think this book was a liitle TOO sad for the age group it is supposed to target, and I hope the author changes this in the future.o ther than that, I enjoyed it. Another note, I teared up more than a few times during my reading.
Seekers, the new series by Erin June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. I've been reading Warriors since I was barely eight years old, and long since have the Erins been my favorite authors. I had mixed feelings when I heard about Seekers, though. Bears? Seekers? What is it about? Will it affect Warriors? And a *fourth* Erin?
But I wasn't disappointed with this! The characters are richly drawn out, first with Kallik, a gentle, playful polarbear cub surviving the harsh arctic with her mother and brother. Then Lusa, a young and loving black bear cub living where she was born, in a zoo's Bear Bowl (she longs for the wild). Finally there's Toklo, a grizzly bear cub (who reminds me alot of Jaypaw from Warriors)who just wishes his mother, Oka, would pay more attention to him and less to his sickly brother Tobi.
I liked how the chapters would switch from Kallik, Lusa, and Toklo, leaving you always wondering what's going to happen next to each of them. And Tui Sutherland does a good job of making it sound 'Erin.'
This was a good beginning for the start of an epic quest, not to disappoint it's fans in the future!
The plot was good with not alot of filler (hardly any), and like I said before all the characters are wonderful. My only regret is how sad the book was. Kallik loses her mother and brother, then gets taken in by another she-bear, Nanuk, only to lose her, too. Lusa almost loses her mother Ashia. And, just as sad as Kallik's loss, Toklo's sickly brother dies and his mother abandons him, soon to regret it and to be only reunited in death.
So it was sad, but with its better parts. If you love Warriors like me then you will love Seekers, too. Even if you aren't one of Erin's fans (yet), you should try it!
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