Dawn (book)/Cliffnotes

These notes are brief, noting major events and minor events in Dawn that will be of consequence later. They are intended to be used as a reference for those looking for specific events for re-reading and the book discussions

Prologue

 * Firestar takes ThunderClan away from their camp for safety.
 * Sandstorm expresses worry over their daughters.
 * The Clan watches as Fourtrees is destroyed by the Twolegs.

Chapter 1

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view
 * The journeying cats stop at WindClan territory for Crowpaw.
 * Owlpaw and Webfoot are the first to find him.
 * Webfoot tells them about the Fourtrees' destruction.
 * The journeying cats work out a plan to speak with their leaders.

Chapter 2

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Leafpaw figures out she is trapped in a Twoleg trap.
 * She meets Cody, a kittypet who was also trapped.
 * Leafpaw also finds Clan cats such as Brightheart, Cloudtail, Mistyfoot, and Gorsetail stuck in cages
 * The Twolegs capture Sasha, the rogue who gave her kits to RiverClan.

Chapter 3

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * Brambleclaw, Stormfur and Squirrelpaw leave the other cats and travel to ThunderClan territory.
 * They find that the camp has been abandoned.
 * Squirrelpaw goes into the medicine cat den to check for Leafpaw.
 * Having not recognized her, Cinderpelt leaped onto Squirrelpaw, thinking she was stealing her herbs.
 * After the medicine cat recognizes her and Brambleclaw, she leads them to Sunningrocks and informs them on what has happened to the Clan.
 * The three cats then tell her about the prophetic dreams from StarClan and explain why they left.

Chapter 4

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * Cinderpelt takes them to the Clan who are at Sunningrocks.
 * Squirrelpaw notices how thin she and the other cats are.
 * The Clan questions their loyalty because they left the Clan when it was beginning to starve.
 * Stormfur tells Graystripe about Feathertail's death.
 * After Stormfur returned to RiverClan, Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw explain their absence to Firestar and his senior warriors
 * Firestar agrees to meet the other leaders at Fourtrees.

Chapter 5

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Sasha tells the Clan cats that she returned to see Mothwing and Hawkfrost when she heard about the starvation.
 * A rogue named Coal gets hurt by a twoleg when he attacked it.
 * Leafpaw gets Gorsetail to pass her a cobweb to stop the bleeding.
 * The cats attempt an escape by undoing the catches on the cages but cannot reach them.

Chapter 6

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * She and Brambleclaw go with Firestar and Cinderpelt to Fourtrees at midnight.
 * The other leaders, medicine cats and journeying cats arrive as well.
 * Hawkfrost is also there to represent RiverClan.
 * The sign from StarClan does not come and the cats disperse.
 * They return home without coming to an agreement.

Chapter 7

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * She receives a dream from Spottedleaf, who shows her where Leafpaw has been taken.
 * She wakes in the night and tells Shrewpaw about her dream.
 * He convinces her to wait until morning
 * Squirrelpaw oversleeps and when she awakens, Firestar is out on patrol so she can't tell him about her dream.
 * She asks Brambleclaw to go with her to find Leafpaw
 * He refuses, saying that they needed to wait.
 * Sorreltail overhears them, and tells Squirrelpaw that she would go.
 * Once they reach the area where Leafpaw and the others are, Squirrelpaw and Sorreltail are almost caught by twolegs.
 * They meet Graystripe's patrol at Snakerocks, who is with Thornclaw and Rainwhisker.
 * Brambleclaw joins them, saying he had been looking for Squirrelpaw.
 * Graystripe agrees to rescue the cats, issuing orders to the patrol.
 * They manage to release all of the cats, but Graystripe stays behind to free Brightheart, but is caught himself.

Chapter 8

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * The cats go back to Sunningrocks.
 * Cody joins them, as it wasn't safe for her to go home.
 * After they are reunited with the Clan, Brambleclaw and the others tell Firestar that Graystripe was captured.
 * He is devastated by Graystripe's disappearance, and refuses to appoint a new deputy.

Chapter 9

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Hollykit, Ferncloud and Dustpelt's kit, dies in the middle of the night.
 * Birchkit is now the remaining kit of his litter.
 * Leafpaw finds Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw talking.
 * They begin to doubt the message Midnight gave them.
 * Leafpaw tells them about the fire and tiger prophecy when Squirrelpaw asks about it.
 * Brambleclaw isn't so sure that they wouldn't destroy the Clan, even if it was unintentionally.
 * The Clan begins to agree that they need to leave the forest in order to decide.
 * Mousefur asks who would be the new deputy, but Firestar tells her that Graystripe would remain deputy.

Chapter 10

 * Squirrelpaw’s point of view.
 * Whilst on patrol with Firestar, Ashfur and Brambleclaw meet Hawkfrost and his mother Sasha by the RiverClan border after they chased Sasha out of ThunderClan.
 * They find out that Hawkfrost and Mothwing's father was Tigerstar.

Chapter 11

 * Squirrelpaw’s point of view.
 * Firestar tells the patrol not to tell the rest of the Clan about Tigerstar's two other kits.
 * When they reach Sunningrocks, they find that Shrewpaw had been killed by a twoleg monster.
 * Brambleclaw states that he will remain loyal only to ThunderClan, and not his kin.
 * Squirrelpaw sees that the water level in the river had gone down despite all of the rain.
 * They met up with Stormfur, and ask him if Leopardstar would consider leaving the forest, but he says no.

Chapter 12

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw discuss Tigerstar's kin.
 * Squirrelpaw tells Leafpaw that she does not trust Hawkfrost.
 * Mothwing comes to ask for help for Mudfur, who had grown very ill.
 * Leafpaw and Cinderpelt go to RiverClan to help him.
 * Leafpaw speaks with Mothwing and Hawkfrost.
 * She decides that Hawkfrost could not be trusted.

Chapter 13

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * Tallstar brings WindClan to Sunningrocks and begs Firestar to journey with them to a new home.
 * Tawnypelt arrives and asks for their help to save ShadowClan, as there camp was being destroyed.
 * Brambleclaw is sent to RiverClan to ask Leopardstar to help them.
 * Along the way, Crowpaw temporarily loses his mind, not caring that he was almost killed by a twoleg monster.

Chapter 14

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * Bramblelcaw convinces Crowpaw to help live warriors instead of joining dead ones.
 * The other Clans help rescue ShadowClan from the Twoleg monsters.
 * In the process of escaping, Firestar loses a life from being crushed by a tree after saving a kit and Onewhisker.
 * Squirrelpaw acts as decoy to distract the Twolegs while the others escape.
 * ShadowClan's camp is completely destroyed

Chapter 15

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * ShadowClan shelter with ThunderClan at Sunningrocks.
 * Blackstar announces that ShadowClan will travel with the other Clans to a new home.
 * RiverClan decides to leave with the other Clans.
 * The Clans decide to leave at dawn and head towards Highstones.

Chapter 16

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Cody returns to her Twolegs, saying a sorrowful good-bye to Leafpaw.
 * Firestar sends out ThunderClan hunting patrols for the last time in the forest.
 * Blackstar stubbornly refuses to join them and send out his own patrols.
 * Leafpaw and Cinderpelt prepare travelling herbs for the cats.
 * Frostfur, Speckletail and Longtail decide to stay in the forest.
 * Firestar convinces Longtail to join the journeying cats but allows the others to make their own decision.
 * The travelling herbs are passed out among ThunderClan and the rest are given to Littlecloud for ShadowClan.
 * Stormfur comes to Sunningrocks and tells the Clans that RiverClan could not leave because Mudfur was dying.
 * Runningnose, Frostfur, and Speckletail go with Firestar, Cinderpelt, and Leafpaw to RiverClan.
 * They find Mothwing with Mudfur, who dies shortly after they arrive.

Chapter 17

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Leopardstar informs Firestar that Shadepelt and Loudbelly wish to remain with the ThunderClan elders and they agree to stay in the RiverClan camp.
 * Before all four Clans can set out, Sasha arrives.
 * She asks Mothwing and Hawkfrost to leave RiverClan to go with her.
 * It is revealed to all the cats that they are Tigerstar's kits.
 * Hawkfrost and Mothwing choose to stay with RiverClan when Firestar supports their position within the Clans.

Chapter 18

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * The Clans cross the moors, narrowly escaping Twoleg monsters.
 * Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw and Crowpaw fight off a dog that threatens the Clans.

Chapter 19

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * The Clans encounter Ravenpaw and Barley outside their barn and then spend the night in the broken Twoleg nest.
 * Upon waking, Ravenpaw asks Firestar who the new ThunderClan deputy is now that Graystripe is gone.
 * Firestar seems distressed by the question, and replies that Graystripe remains the deputy, refusing to believe his friend has left forever.
 * The Clans reach Highstones. The leaders and medicine cats enter Mothermouth to receive guidance from StarClan for the journey ahead.
 * Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Crowpaw, Tawnypelt, and Stormfur discuss whether to continue leading the Clans to sun-drown place.
 * They see the "dying warrior"- a falling star- that Midnight had said would show them the way, passing over the mountains and guiding them onward.

Chapter 20

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * Ravenpaw says good-bye to Firestar, and wishes the Clans good luck.
 * The questing cats tell the Clans about the sign and that they must travel over the mountains.
 * The Clans continue on their journey and come across a Thunderpath.
 * After ShadowClan crosses, a kit becomes confused and wanders onto the Thunderpath.
 * Tallpoppy of WindClan saves the kit.
 * The next day, Firestar sends out hunting patrols.
 * Leafpaw gets caught by a dog and is rescued by Hawkfrost.
 * Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw arrive and succeed in driving the dog off.

Chapter 21

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * The Clans begin ascending through the mountains.
 * Smokepaw, a ShadowClan apprentice, falls into a gorge after the ledge he was standing on gave way.
 * Russetfur tries to save him, but almost falls over herself.
 * Brambleclaw tells the Clans how to hunt in the mountains and hunting patrols are sent out.
 * They find an eagle, but it dives down to the Clans and picks up Marshkit.
 * Brackenfur leaps up and manages to loosen the eagle's hold on the kit, so that it fell to the ground.
 * The cats begin to panic about more attacks on them in the mountains.

Chapter 22

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * While hunting, Squirrelpaw comes across Talon of Swooping Eagle and two other cave-guards.
 * He goes to the Clans and takes them to the Cave of Rushing Water.
 * When they arrive, Stormfur immediately rushes over to Brook Where Small Fish Swim, a Tribe cat he had fallen in love with.

Chapter 23

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * The Clans rest and eat in the Tribe.
 * Stoneteller meets with the Clan leaders and medicine cats, and formally tells them that they can stay.
 * Stoneteller shows Leafpaw the Cave of Pointed Stones, a place where he spoke with the Tribe of Endless Hunting.
 * Spottedleaf visits Leafpaw in a dream, telling her that StarClan will follow the Clans.
 * The Clans are forced to stay another day due to the snow.
 * Leafpaw tells Stoneteller about Gathering, and he announces that they will have a gathering of their own.
 * Crag shares prey with Leafpaw during the celebration of the death of Sharptooth, a mountain lion.
 * Tallstar has Crowpaw's warrior ceremony.
 * He requests that his name be Crowfeather, and Tallstar agrees.

Chapter 24

 * Squirrelpaw's point of view.
 * While hunting, Stormfur tells Squirrelpaw that he is staying with the Tribe to be with Brook.
 * She meets up with Brambleclaw and he guesses that Stormfur is staying behind.
 * He expresses jealousy at how much Squirrelpaw will miss him.
 * Squirrelpaw tells him that her heart will always be with Brambleclaw.
 * Before the Clans leave, Stormfur announces that he is staying behind.
 * A few Tribe cats lead the Clans out of the mountains.

Chapter 25

 * Leafpaw's point of view.
 * She notices how comfortable the Clans have gotten with each other and how being out of the mountains had given them new hope.
 * When the Clans are undecided on where to go, Leafpaw tells them about her dream of great shining water that held Silverpelt in it.
 * Firestar tells Leafpaw how proud he was of her and Squirrelpaw.
 * He goes on to say that Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw didn't destroy the Clan, but saved it.
 * The Clans climb over a valley and find what would be the Clans' future home.