Along the way, he injures his foot and is taken in by a hermit, who has secrets of her own. He runs away on a search to reunite with his one true friend. Peter is heartbroken and is unable to escape his grief and guilt at losing Pax. Peter's father insists that he abandon Pax in the woods. One day Peter's father enlists in the military ( it is an unknown war in an undefined place and time) and Peter must go to live with his grandfather. Peter rescued Pax when he was a small fox cub and the two are inseparable. Pax by Sara Pennypacker is a lovely book. ( Side note: if your kids like squirrels, I recommend the Park Pals Adventure series.) I found it well-written but as it was about clashing clans of squirrels, instead of finishing it I handed it off to my son who pronounced it, 'great.' Lucky is a red squirrel who finds himself in a community of grey squirrels, named the 'Cloudfoots.' Lucky must pass the Squirrel Trial in order to secure his future as a member of the clan. I started reading this book, and immediately knew it would be great for a list of books like Warriors. (Note: book covers and titles are affiliate links.) The list includes a few middle grade books in the 'warring clans of animals' genre, but since this is not a topic that interests me I am recommending a larger variety of titles. In short, this list is not limited to 'books like Warriors,' but it is heavy on the animal/in-the-wild theme. Yet, given all the plot points that my kids have related to me in careful, unsolicited detail, and the few audiobooks I have tried not pay attention to, I feel as if I have. However, if you would like your kids to branch out from warring clans of feral cats I've got a few Warrior read alike chapter book suggestions for your kids who like Warriors.įirst a confession.

The publishers of the Warriors and Seekers books have churned out a million novels. If your kids like the Warriors series by Erin Hunter ( Hunter is actually a team of writers) they have a lot of reading material to get through.

Warrior cats books in order