The Heart of a Warrior/Cliffnotes

Contents

These notes reflect a bulleted list of major and minor events in The Heart of a Warrior that can be easily navigated. They are intended to serve as a reference for those looking for specific events in re-reading and book discussions and include links to the relevant chapter subpages further detailing each chapter's events.

Chapter 1

• Ravenpaw, Barley, Firestar, Graystripe, Cloudtail, Brightheart, Brackenfur and Brambleclaw get ready to leave ThunderClan's camp and travel to the barn to fight the rogues.
  • Ravenpaw and Barley want to go without a big fuss, but Leafkit and Squirrelkit wake up the Clan and they say farewell.
• The patrol meets up with a WindClan patrol by the border and the WindClan cats wish them good luck.
• They reach the farm and Firestar takes Graystripe, Ravenpaw, and Barley to scout the farmyard.
  • Ravenpaw sees Willie and Snapper and tells Firestar about them.
  • They watch some of the rogue kits, Sniff, Cloudy, Icicle, and Snowflake play with their prey, and Ravenpaw is angered.
• The ThunderClan cats meet up in another small barn and discuss their battle strategies.

Chapter 2

• Firestar leads the cats into the barn where the BloodClan cats are making their home.
  • While approaching the barn, they pass the chicken coop and it's revealed that Snapper must still be tormenting the chickens.
• The chicken alert the BloodClan cats of the presence of Firestar's patrol.
  • Firestar decides not to retreat and the two groups of cats battle in the darkness of the barn.
• Their noise from the battle alerts the Twoleg male, who finds the group of cats fighting in the barn.
• ThunderClan soon scatters and meets back in the smaller barn where they are staying.
• The next morning, Graystripe, Firestar and Ravenpaw are keeping watch on the roof of the smaller barn and Firestar then comes up with a plan.
  • He calls another meeting and they discuss this next battle plan.

Chapter 3

• Firestar's new battle plan is executed that same evening.
• The battle works as the BloodClan cats are driven outside and surrounded.
  • This proves to work until Snapper and Pounce bring backup, thus vastly outnumbering the attacking cats.
• The dogs - startled by all the noise - somehow break free from their chains and chases out the invading cats. They somehow knew that Ravenpaw and Barley needed help. Brightheart tells Sniff, Cloudy, Icicle, and Snowflake to leave and run away.
• Jumper and Hoot ask Barley for a place to stay and he allows them to live with himself and Ravenpaw at the barn.
• Jumper and Hoot end up take advantage of Ravenpaw's generous nature. This causes Barley to get furious with his brothers, and the two are told to leave the barn.
• Ravenpaw and Barley finally have the barn back to themselves.