The Quest Begins (Seekers, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 3342
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0060871229
EAN: 9780060871222
ASIN: 0060871229
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Product Description
Three bears . . . one destiny From the author of the nationally bestselling Warriors books comes a brand-new animal fantasy series. Three young bears from different species—black, polar, and grizzly—are separated from their families when they are just young cubs. They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey. Fate is about to change all these bears lives forever, setting their paws on a path toward a future they cannot yet imagine . . .
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 This fell short July 18, 2008
This book seemed to fall short for my 13-year-old granddaughter. She is an avid fan of Erin Hunter's Warrior series', and has read them all. She really looked forward to the beginning of this series, but said she "just didn't get into it". Perhaps because she's so interested in the Warriors books, she's not able to make the jump from cats to bears.
 Good writing July 14, 2008
This book details the very real problems bears face in the wild. Starvation, ice melting, other territorial bears; although it's filled with numerous losses, it's what goes on in the real world. Minus the fantasy parts, of course :) Tui Sutherland does a good job of sounding like Erin Hunter and the writing is great. It's a series I'll follow in the future.
A great new series July 14, 2008
I have 2 boys who read every Warriors book as soon as it comes out. They have convinced me to read several too. We got this new one the day it came out and the reading began! We all loved this new series. I was shaken by how sad it was and couldn't believe the sad events that were happening to the young bears in the stories. The boys took it in stride. I could see how it would make some kids sad or anxious because it deals with some parent loss.
As soon as they were done reading it, they started wondering when the next in the series will come out. I wonder too how the paths will cross in future books in the series. I don't think you will be disappointed with this book if you like the Warriors series, or fantasy books about animals.
Erin Hunter is the Best June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Erin Hunter has stolen my heart. I can't wait for her to put another book out. I love the Warrior Cats Series, all of them, and now she has me hooked on The Bears in Quest. Being a cat owner I can really get into the Cat books, and being a lover of all animals the Quest series shows that it too will be another great, great read. Long may Erin Hunter put pen to paper and engross us in the lives of animals.
Utter disappointment June 19, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Avni Gupta (age 15) for Reader Views (6/08)
When I first saw the cover of "Seekers #1: The Quest Begins," I was extremely excited to start reading. Then I saw that it was by Erin Hunter, and that got me even more excited. I had read all of her books in the Warrior series and loved them, so I thought that this book would live up to the others. I could not have been more wrong.
In the first chapter, this book had already lost my attention. There was nothing interesting going on here! In the middle of the fifth chapter, I felt my eyes drooping. It was a first. A book had made me almost go to sleep. This didn't even happen when I read "Pride and Prejudice," a book that I found incredibly boring.
The only saving grace in this book is the cover. It is unbelievably cute, and has bears on it. What could be better? I guess that I have learnt my lesson about judging a book by its cover. I am never going to do that again!
If you really do want to read this book though (all of you "Pride and Prejudice" readers, listen up!), I have a few suggestions as to how to get through it without falling asleep like me. First of all, make sure that this is the only book that you are reading at the time. I was reading a few at the same time and my thoughts were always going out to my other books and how much more interesting they were than what I was reading. Another suggestion that I have is to not have any other thing that you could possibly do instead of reading. I had a few finals that I could study for, and so, for the first time in my life, I studied instead of reading a book.
All in all, I feel like "Seekers #1: The Quest Begins," by Erin Hunter is a waste of time and should not be read unless you know that you love bears and have to read everything written about them. If you just like the cover, however, I suggest printing out a picture of some bears and sticking it onto a notebook and writing your own story about bears. I learned one thing while reading this book and that was to never ever judge a book by its cover because that will end up biting you in the butt.
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