Ratha Series recommended by Horn Book for Warriors fans

In answer to the parent of a 4th grade Warriors fan, about other books to read,

Horn Book Magazine columnist Claire E Gross recommended the Ratha series as a good follow-on for older Warriors fans.

Here's a quote from the May 2008 Ask the Horn Book feature:

"A: Two direct corollaries to the Warriors series come to mind (for those of you without pre-teens, the series is a multi-volumed, multi-tiered fantasy drama about sentient, heroic cats). There’s SF Said and Dave McKean’s two Varjak Paw books, about a street cat gifted in martial arts. And in a few years (the target age is a little older), try Clare Bell’s five-volumed Named series (beginning with Ratha’s Creature), about the epic struggles of giant prehistoric cats"

Here's the link:

http://www.hbook.com/newsletter/index.html

Thanks, Hornbook!

(thanks to Sheila Ruth at Wands and Worlds  and Sharyn November at Firebird Books for the wonderful news)

CB