Searchers are children's novel series written by the author's team under the pseudonym Erin Hunter, who also wrote the Warriors series. Searchers follow the adventures of four bear children: Kallik (polar bear), Lusa (black bear), Ujurak (grizzly little bear that can change shape into any animal), and Toklo (also grizzly bear). Led by Ujurak, the four bears are looking for a place where they can live in peace without human intervention and harassment. The Quest Begins first book was released on May 27, 2008 and was followed by Great Bear Lake, Mount Smoke, The Last Wilderness i>, Fire in the Sky , and Spirits in the Stars , was released on February 8, 2011. The series has been well received, , and the description of the bear world.
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Inspiration and origin
Similar to the Warriors series, Seekers started as a request from HarperCollins to Victoria Holmes to develop another series about a group of animals, but not cats. Dogs are considered, but rejected because they are too close to the cat in their hierarchical social organization, packing and hunting lifestyles, and territories. It is disclosed by Victoria Holmes later in an online chat, in which he states that he "is reluctant to make a story that... will be very similar to Warriors.The dogs live in packages, they hunt their food, they have a strict hierarchy in the community they, they guard their territory ". Horses, beavers and dolphins are considered, but dismissed: Holmes feels that horses tend to flee rather than stay and fight, and that the battle of dolphins will be slow without "the excitement of all the actions Erin favored so much." In the end, the company abandoned the decision for Holmes and he chose the bear; in the author's chats later he notes that the bears "live more solitary lifestyles than cats, they are wild through and through without any domestication history (do bears do not count), and they are much larger animals, with lots more potential for fighting ". The series takes inspiration from Inuit's beliefs and Native American language. Holmes found that Native Americans and bears are closely related to the natural environment. The bear names are taken from several different native American languages. The day after day, for example, means "black" in Choctaw.
Holmes was inspired by the Inuit faith and the Native American languages ​​spoken in the area where the bear lives. Holmes developed the power of Ujuark's shift shape after reading about the shamans, who could have turned into other animals. Holmes loves the idea and decides to have one of the same bears, allowing him to "infiltrate the human community without them guessing the truth." Then, Holmes "needs to establish what kind of belief each bear has," so after discovering that bears are closely related to their environment like Native Americans, Holmes concentrates his research around the Natives. The names of bears come from native American; Lusa means midnight or black in Choctaw, while Kallik means lightning in Inuktitut, Silaluk means storm in Inuktitut, Taqqiq means moon, Toklo means two in Chicksaw, and Ujurak means stone.
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Books
First series
The series lasted for a span of six books, namely: The Quest Begins , Great Bear Lake , Mount Smoke i> Fire in Heaven , and Spirit in the Stars . His story follows four young bears. Late, American black bears, Kallik, polar bears, Toklo, grizzly bears, and Ujurak, grizzly bears who can change clothes into any animal, but remain grizzly bears most of the time.
The first book, The Quest Begins , shows how each of the four bears is abandoned or separated from their parents. Kallik was separated from his mother, Nisa and brother Taqqiq when a pod orcas ate his mother, while his brother was still on the other side of the canal, thinking they were both dead. After this, Kallik travels to find his brother. Toklo is abandoned by his mother Oka after his brother, Tobi, dies and his mother sees how the salmon disappears, and leaves Toklo to travel alone. The day after tomorrow was born and raised in the Great Vancouver Zoo. The story is intertwined with Toklo after his mother was taken to the zoo and Lusa heard about the wild. Hoping to leave his home, he escapes from the zoo and searches for Toklo. Meanwhile, Toklo finds Ujurak injured and helps him; they start traveling together. They meet with Lusa at the end of the book. With Great Bear Lake , all four bears have joined together and they are trying to get to the Arctic. Although Kallik finds Taqqiq, he has joined a group of bear bullying who kidnapped a black bear. Taqqiq saw that what he did was wrong and joined the quest bear but he immediately left the group in the third book, Mount Asap , when he felt he did not belong to them. The remaining four children learn about a place called the Last Late Padang in the third book (which is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), where there is plenty of food and shelter. After opposing hardships like hunger and bear hunters, they finally made it to the Last Wilderness. However, even though they were there, Ujurak, who was leading the journey, felt that they needed to go further, to the North Pole. In Fire in the Sky , the bears leave the Last Great Wilderness and move towards the Arctic. In the sixth and last book of the first series, Spirits in the Stars the four bears made it to Star Island (Ellesmere Island), the place where many polar bears live. They found a sick polar bear called Sura and her son. Sura died of illness and the four bears traveled around looking after his son, whom Kallik named Kissimi. Toklo discovers that he also struggles with his desire to be the right brown bear and travel alone. The bears rescued the polar bears that inhabit the Star Island by destroying an oil rig that poisoned the seal they ate, but Ujurak died in an avalanche while saving others. Yakone, a young live male polar bear living on a strange Star Island with a sick bear, was added to the bear group on the last page of the book.
Return to Wild
This series lasts for a span of six books. Books that have been released so far in this series are Shadow Island , Sea Melting , Lost River Bear , Forest of Wolves , The Burning Horizon , and The Longest Day . The story follows Toklo, Kallik, Lusa, and Yakone when they return home but fight between leaving the only family they know or return home, where they have not been so long. They also met a strange Nanulak, a male guller.
Other books
Searchers have also been published in original English manga. The books were drawn by Bettina Kurkoski, who also drew The Rise of Scourge. The first,
Themes
The main theme emphasized in the series is the environment. Holmes said that by "coming up with a series on different animals giving me the opportunity to explore some of the less-easy themes going into Warriors, especially the environment." Holmes says that he is always interested in recycling and saving the planet so he wants to explore how bears and other animals may react to humans that destroy their homes and habitats. Many reviewers have raised the theme. Publishers Weekly found that "readers will appreciate the bear struggle to survive, along with the Hunter environmental theme." List of books also commented on each story apart from the three touches mentioned on environmental issues and issues. School Library Journal notes that "Declining habitats" are very clear, and often throughout their journey, animals should avoid cars and people with weapons. â €
A review of Children's Literature raised the theme of the environment, but commented on themes such as "youth versus age, new versus traditions and the discovery that strangers are often not much different from oneself." This is also related to the theme of racism noted by the reviewer Kidreads.com. He notes that "[Hunter] also cleverly discussed the theme of racism through a unique and honest approach - three bears with different colors, different backgrounds and different beliefs turning to each other for survival and friendship. " Although the difference between the bears they are still working together.
Publishing history
The first series contains a total of six books. It was originally called "The Clawed Path," as the journey of four bears made through all six books in this series referred to as "roaring roads." At the last moment, the title is changed so it will look similar to the Warriors series. Holmes was initially unhappy with the change, but has since said that he has loved it and his appearance in the book.
The first novel of the series, The Quest Begins , was first featured on HarperCollin's FirstLook Program in November 2007. Readers who signed up for this program had the opportunity to read the original edition of this book, an Advanced Reader Copy, before it was published in shops. The Quest Begins was released in the US on May 27, 2008. The book was also released as a novel on February 10, 2009 and e-book on October 6, 2009. The US has published its fifth book and published the sixth on February 8, 2011.
The books have also been released in the UK and Canada. Canada received its first book on May 25, 2008. Canada has published up to its sixth book. The UK release has a different cover from the Canadian and US covers. In the UK, only the first, second, third and fourth books are released. The first three books have also been translated into Russian.
Critical reception
Seekers have received generally positive reviews. Weekly Publishers praised the exciting end of the first book and the reader thought it would find a great interest in the bear struggle to survive. The Books List finds the first book plot that has "an interesting balance of funny anthropomorphic characterization and realistic attention to behavioral birth." The School Library Journal writes "from the first page, the story is interesting and refreshing" and "[t] its plot is fast, and the authors tend to create and maintain the adrenaline-charged mood of these children themselves." > Kirkus Review found that "Hunter creates a rich, sensual world filled with cruelty, beauty, gentleness, barbarity and just a legendary background enough to add to the mystery." However, reviewers also feel that too much detail goes into character development and setting and there is little plot. In the review for the second and third books, Horn Book Review feels that readers may experience confusion about the mountain, but they will still enjoy the fantasy adventure and animal description.
References
External links
- Official Site
- Official Forum
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