The shattered horn

Erin Hunter

Book - 2023

"As the water buffalo prepare for their yearly migration, a terrible accident leaves their leader unable to go on--and in his place, young Echo is chosen by the Great Spirit to lead his herd. But the older buffalo can't believe such a young animal has been chosen--and refuse to follow his lead, threatening the migration that is necessary for the Great Spirit to bring the rains to the land. Meanwhile, Stride the cheetah is keeping secrets from his coalition that could get him killed for disloyalty. And young hyena Tailgrabber is desperate to find peace between her clan and the lions of Noblepride--even though a hyena seeking peace marks a betrayal of the hyenas' longstanding allegiance to the Great Devourer."--

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Subjects
Genres
Junior fiction
Animal fiction
Fantasy fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Novels
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers [2023]
Language
English
Main Author
Erin Hunter (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
278 pages : map ; 22 cm
Audience
Ages 8-12
Grades 4-6
ISBN
9780062966964
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

A new story arc in the Bravelands series introduces three young animals cast from their clans: a cheetah, a buffalo, and a hyena. Three plotlines only begin weaving together by the opener's end: Cheetah Stride finds himself on his own after a star-crossed relationship with a beautiful prospective mate ends in tragedy; as the buffalo begin their annual migration under a new leader who gains his position through treachery, young Whisper loyally stays behind with the dying former leader; expelled from her hyena family for weakness in the midst of a turf war with a pride of lions, Tailgrabber heroically kills a lion and then meets a mysterious white vulture. Meanwhile other creatures, notably an enigmatic honey badger named Stonehide, trot into view, and ominous visions portend impending disaster for the Bravelands that even the wise elephant Great Mother Starlight may be powerless to prevent. For all that the cast is composed of named, talking animals, there's nothing cute or fuzzy about life on the grassy plains, where predators ruthlessly stalk prey and death comes suddenly or with agonizing slowness to cubs and adults alike. Still, along with feral values and behaviors, displays of sibling attachment, courage and cowardice, and deeper thoughts and feelings run through events in ways that young human audiences will easily recognize and understand. Only a start, but a strong one. (map) (Animal fantasy. 11-13) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.