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Dawn

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This article is about Dawn, the third book in The New Prophecy arc; you may be looking for Dawn Mist from Path of Stars.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
"More water will flow before we join StarClan. This is not an end. It is a beginning. You will need the courage of a lion to face this journey."
— Ravenpaw to Firestar about the upcoming journey in Dawn, page 257



Dawn is the third book in The New Prophecy arc.[5] Squirrelpaw is the cat depicted on the reprinted cover.[7] It features Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw as the main protagonists.

Dedication[]

Special thanks to Kate Cary

Blurb[]

Darkness, air, water, and sky will come together...and shake the forest to its roots.
The young cats who set off on a quest many moons ago have returned with a chilling message: The Clans must move to a new home, or risk extermination.
But the dangers waiting for them beyond their borders are impossible to predict, and the cats have no idea where to go. What they need is a sign from StarClan. . . .

UK book blurb variation[]

Darkness, air, water and sky will come together... and shake the forest to its roots.
The young feline heroes of The New Prophecy have finally made it back to the forest — but their quest is far from over.
Now they must convince the fiercely independent Clans to travel together to a new home, through dangerous territory and without a clear destination. If they do not, their world will be destroyed, and the Clans will be lost forever...

The praise[]

"A suspenseful animal adventure that urges readers onward."[3]
-ALA Booklist
"Action-packed. Certain to please any young reader who has ever wondered what dreams of grandeur may haunt the family cat."[3]
-Publishers Weekly
"This exciting book is not for the faint of heart. Fans will lap it up while impatiently awaiting the next entry."[3]
-School Library Journal
"The third book in Warriors: The New Prophecy series finds the four clans being driven from their territories as the "Twolegs" relentlessly denude the forest with their huge machines. The small band of cats that undertook a quest for the StarClan returns home with a new mission: to persuade all the clans to unify for a long, dangerous journey to a new home. The feline characters remain true to their natures, and, as expected, the danger level is high. Fans will relish this eminently satisfying episode in a series rooted in Hunter's first Warriors novel, Into the Wild (2002)"
-Sally Estes, Booklist
"The plight of the four cat Clans becomes desperate in this third installment of a series with good plotting but cloying diction. Twolegs (humans) and their monsters (bulldozers) are destroying the woods and moors where the Clans live. The Twolegs fell oaks, capture and cage any cats they get their hands on and rip ShadowClan's den right out of the ground. Prey is dangerously scarce. There's been a message from StarClan (ancestor gods) about the Clans striking out for new territory. But where and when? Should the Clans travel together or remain rivals? Hunter intersperses action sequences with stretches of plot-appropriate waiting, during which the cats are hungry and anxious. Religion and conflicting loyalties are well-integrated themes. "Meowed" and "mewed" (replacing "said") and the twee term "kittypet" lower the narrative's dignity, while the cats' annoyingly similar names (Leafpaw, Squirrelpaw, Brambleclaw) run together. However, a current of warmth runs underneath the distractingly precious prose, making the cats easy to care about. (name chart, maps) (Fantasy. 8-11)"
-Kirkus Reviews[8]

Detailed plot description[]

Looking for a shorter overview? Find one here!

In the prologue, it is night time in leaf-fall. Cats are walking through the forest, lead by a flame-colored tom. The tom tastes the air, and scents the acrid smell of Twoleg monsters. The tom is comforted that his mate is beside him; the she-cat is matching the tom's pace stubbornly, but her hesitant strides hint the fact she is hungry. The she-cat is worried their missing daughters will not find them. The tom, revealed by the she-cat to be Firestar, tells her all they can do is pray to StarClan that their daughters are safe. Sandstorm, the she-cat, asks if they will know where to look to come home.
She asks the gray tom next to her, who is Graystripe, the same questions, and he responds by promising her they will. Firestar asks Graystripe how he can be so sure, and adds that they should've sent another patrol to search for Leafpaw, one of his missing daughters. Graystripe responds by telling Firestar if they did, they would have risked losing more cats. Sandstorm speaks up, saying that this was the hardest decision Firestar's ever had to make, and Graystripe replies, saying Firestar had to put the Clan first. Sandstorm closes her eyes and says many cats have been lost in the past moon. The wind carries her words to Firestar and and he speaks up to say that perhaps, at the next Gathering the Clans will join together to form one to face the threat the Twolegs have brought. Another cat, a tabby tom echoes Firestar's words and ask if he remembers what happened last time he suggested that.
He continues, saying WindClan was half starved and to be frank, Firestar might as well have told them to eat their kits, because they were too proud to admit they need help from another Clan. Firestar replies saying things are different now, and a Clan can't survive if its kits die, so help from another Clan would be accepted. Dustpelt tells him that even though one of his kits, Larchkit, is dead it doesn't mean ThunderClan will be ordered around by another Clan. Firestar insists no Clan will be giving them orders but he believes they can help each other. Twolegs and the monsters have driven out most of the the prey further and further away and they have poisoned what is left and it is not safe to eat and they cannot fight alone.
The whispering of the wind in the trees suddenly becomes a roar and as Firestar stops and pricks his ears, Sandstorm asks what is happening. Graystripe replies that Fourtrees is the source of the roar.
The cats break into a run and skid to a halt at the top of a slope looking down in to a hollow. Unnatural light, described as being sharper than moonlight is blazing against the trunks of the four oaks that guard the Great Rock. More lights shine from the eyes of the monsters that sit at the edge of the clearing. The Great Rock looks small and exposed like a kit crouched on the Thunderpath. A new sound slices the air, high-pitched whining. One of the many Twolegs in the hollow raises a shiny forepaw and places it against the trunk of the nearest tree. Dust flies out from the tree and the Twoleg yowls as it bites through the ancient oak. The oak begins to lean over slowly, then gets gradually faster until it hits the ground. Sandstorm prays to StarClan to make them stop but her prayer is left unanswered as the Twoleg makes all the oaks fall to the ground with tremendous force. The cats watch frozen, unable to move. Sandstorm murmurs that the forest is dead and there is no hope for any of them. Firestar replies, telling her to have courage and so long as they have their Clan, there is hope.
The destruction of the forest has already begun with all the Clans except RiverClan. They are each starving as the food supply has been cut off and the habitat destroyed by the Twolegs building a new Thunderpath. Amid the destruction, cats are being taken away by Twolegs and shut into cages, including the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Fourtrees is destroyed by Twolegs and Firestar takes ThunderClan away from their camp for safety, ending up at Sunningrocks.
Squirrelpaw and four of the other questing cats, Brambleclaw, Crowpaw, Stormfur and Tawnypelt, return to the forest. They are still mourning the death of one of their companions, Feathertail, who died driving a stalactite through the body of Sharptooth, the huge mountain lion who had been terrorizing and killing cats from the Tribe of Rushing Water; the group of cats who live in the mountains.
The cats cross into WindClan territory, to be confronted by a scrawny, tiny WindClan apprentice, Owlpaw. Crowpaw wonders why Owlpaw is out of the camp, calling him Owlkit. Crowpaw is quickly corrected by Owlpaw. Webfoot appears, asking who wants to speak with Tallstar. Crowpaw asks whether Webfoot recognizes him. Webfoot snaps back, saying he does.
WindClan's leader, Tallstar, comes to Sunningrocks hoping Firestar would feed them, and lead them on their journey away from the forest. Firestar decides that they have to wait for the other two Clans, ShadowClan and RiverClan. Tallstar agrees but wants to leave soon, before they starve.
Graystripe is taken by the Twolegs, but he succeeds in rescuing Leafpaw and the other cats from RiverClan and WindClan, as well as many loners and rogues in the cages. Several cats die from the starvation or because of accidents. The Clans also find out that Tigerstar was the father of Hawkfrost and Mothwing.
A devastating attack on the ShadowClan camp - in which Firestar loses a life from being crushed by a tree- eventually convinces all four leaders that the Clans must leave the forest, and they set out. They shelter in a ruined Twoleg nest near Barley's farm, then reach Highstones. The dying warrior from Midnight's prophecy is revealed to be a star which runs through the night sky and drops behind the mountains, showing the direction the Clans must go to find their new home, heading towards the Tribe of Rushing Water.
They continue to travel through the moors, then entering the mountains, guided by the five cats who returned from the journey to Midnight. They meet the Tribe of Rushing Water, where they shelter until they recover. Stormfur chooses to stay with the Tribe, with Brook and Feathertail's spirit. Tallstar gives Crowpaw his warrior name, letting the apprentice choose his own name in honor of Feathertail. Squirrelpaw confesses her love to Brambleclaw and he loves her back.
Leaving the mountains behind, the Clans discover a forest similar to the Clan's old one around a lake reflecting the stars. Leafpaw is certain that this is the Clans' new home, when she sees Silverpelt and StarClan reflected in the lake.

Trivia[]

Author statements[]

  • According to Vicky, Dawn was originally the end of The New Prophecy as a trilogy; however, HarperCollins asked for the series to be six books long after the success of the original arc.[9]

Mistakes[]

A compiled list of the errors present in Dawn can be found here.

Guides[]

Activity, reading, and teaching guides are produced by HarperCollins as additional material for certain books. Teachers and librarians could use these guides as activities in the classroom or library. Additionally, anyone could download the pdfs and print them for themselves. Below lists the guide(s) for this book.
End of spoiler warning

Publication history[]

  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins (hardcover), 27 December 2005[5]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins (library binding), 27 December 2005[10]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins (paperback), 14 November 2006[5]
  • Рассвет (RU), OLMA Media Group (hardcover), 2006, translated by Veronica Maximova[11]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins (e-book), 6 November 2007[5]
  • Dawn & Starlight (EN), HarperCollins (hardcover), unknown release date[12]
  • 重現家園 (TW), Morning Star Publishing Co., Ltd (paperback), 22 April 2009, translated by Takako plum (高子梅)[13]
  • Рассвет (RU), OLMA Media Group (e-book), 20 June 2009, translated by Veronica Maximova[14]
  • 夜明け (JP), Komine Shoten (hardcover), 27 July 2009, translated by Yukako Takabayashi[15]
  • Aurore (FR), Pocket Jeunesse (paperback), 1 October 2009, translated by Aude Carlier[16]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins UK (paperback), 7 July 2011[17]
  • Morgenröte (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (hardcover), 30 July 2011, translated by Klaus Weimann[18]
  • Aurore (FR), 12-21 (e-book), 18 October 2012, translated by Aude Carlier[19]
  • Aurore (FR), Pocket Jeunesse (paperback; pocket book), 21 March 2013, translated by Aude Carlier[20]
  • Dageraad (NL), Fantoom (hardcover), 16 July 2013, translated by Huberte Vriesendorp[21][22]
  • 夜明け (JP), Komine Shoten (paperback), 14 February 2014, translated by Yukako Takabayashi[23]
  • Aamunkoi (FI), Art House (hardcover), 17 April 2014, translated by Nana Sironen[24]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperCollins (paperback; reprint), 17 March 2015[5]
  • Aurora (ES), Salamandra (paperback), 21 May 2015, translated by Begoña Hernández Sala[25]
  • Daggry (NO), Juritzen jr. (paperback), 21 October 2015, translated by Tora Larsen Morset[26]
  • Daggry (NO), Juritzen jr. (e-book), 21 October 2015, translated by Tora Larsen Morset[27]
  • Dageraad (NL), Fantoom (paperback), 31 January 2016, translated by Huberte Vriesendorp[28]
  • Aamunkoi (FI), Art House (paperback), June 2016[29]
  • Şafak (TR), Artemis Yayınları (paperback), 1 December 2016, translated by Müge Bayyurt[30]
  • Morgenröte (DE), Julius Beltz GmbH & Co. KG (audiobook), 21 February 2017, translated by Klaus Weimann and narrated by Marlen Diekhoff[31]
  • Alba (IT), Sonda (paperback), 23 February 2017, translated by Maria Teresa Milano[32][33]
  • 밝아 오는 새벽 (KO), Garamchild (paperback), 20 May 2017, translated by Seo Nayeon[34]
  • Morgenröte (DE), Gulliver von Beltz & Gelberg (paperback), 12 December 2017, translated by Klaus Weimann[35]
  • Zori de zi (RO), Galaxia Copiilor (paperback), 18 January 2018, translated by Daniel Clinci[36]
  • Świt (PL), Nowa Baśń (paperback), 12 November 2018, translated by Adrian Tomczyk[37]
  • Świt (PL), Nowa Baśń (e-book), 6 December 2018, translated by Adrian Tomczyk[38]
  • Світанок (UA), АССА (hardcover), 25 February 2019, translated by Katerina Dudka and Ostap Ukrainec[39][40]
  • Dawn (EN), HarperAudio (audiobook), 4 June 2019, narrated by MacLeod Andrews[5]
  • Gryning (SE), Bokfabriken (audiobook), 29 June 2019, translated by Lena Olsson and narrated by Janna Eriksson[41]
  • Aamunkoi (FI), WSOY (audiobook), 20 December 2019, translated by Nana Sironen and narrated by Mirjami Heikkinen[42]
  • 불밝아 오는 새벽 (KO), Garamchild (e-book), 10 June 2020, translated by Seo Nayeon[43]
  • Rītausma (LV), Zvaigzne ABC (hardcover, e-book), 17 December 2020, translated by Ieva Elsberga[44]
  • Dageraad (NL), Storyside (audiobook), 27 October 2021, translated by Huberte Vriesendorp and narrated by Kim-Lian van der Meij[45]
  • Zori de zi (RO), Storyside (audiobook), 24 October 2022, translated by Daniel Clinci and narrated by Dana Tapalagă[46]

Gallery[]

US covers[]

Foreign covers[]

See also[]

External links[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Revealed on the dedication page of Dawn
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revealed on the inside right flap of Dawn
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Revealed on the back cover of Dawn
  4. ↑ Revealed on audible.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Revealed on harpercollins.com (backup link)
  6. ↑ Revealed in Mothwing's Secret, chapter 4
  7. ↑ Revealed on Facebook messenger with the Erin Hunter marketing team
  8. ↑ Revealed on Kirkus Reviews (backup link)
  9. ↑ Unexpected Storylines on the Warriors official website (backup link)
  10. ↑ Revealed on abebooks.com
  11. ↑ Revealed on ru.wikipedia
  12. ↑ Revealed on amazon.com (backup link)
  13. ↑ Revealed on eslite.com
  14. ↑ Revealed on books.google.com (backup link)
  15. ↑ Revealed on Komine Shoten
  16. ↑ Revealed on Pocket Jeunesse
  17. ↑ Revealed on mightyape.co.nz
  18. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  19. ↑ Revealed on 12-21editions.fr
  20. ↑ Revealed on lisez.com (backup link)
  21. ↑ Revealed on pluizer.be
  22. ↑ Revealed on nl.wikipedia.org
  23. ↑ Revealed on hanmoto.com
  24. ↑ Revealed on risingshadow.fi
  25. ↑ Revealed on amazon.es
  26. ↑ Revealed on juritzen.no
  27. ↑ Revealed on ebok.no
  28. ↑ Revealed on bol.com
  29. ↑ Revealed on tietosanoma.fi
  30. ↑ Revealed on artemisyayinlari.com (backup link)
  31. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de (backup link)
  32. ↑ Revealed on Sonda
  33. ↑ Publication date revealed on amazon.it
  34. ↑ Revelated on blog.naver.com
  35. ↑ Revealed on beltz.de
  36. ↑ Revealed on all.ro
  37. ↑ Revealed on empik.com (backup link)
  38. ↑ Revealed on nexto.pl (backup link)
  39. ↑ Release date revealed on the pre-order listing on acca.ua
  40. ↑ Translators revealed on acca.ua (backup link)
  41. ↑ Revealed on bokus.com
  42. ↑ Revealed on wsoy.fi
  43. ↑ Revelated on blog.naver.com
  44. ↑ Revealed on books.apple.com
  45. ↑ Revealed on storytel.com
  46. ↑ Revealed on thalia.de
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