The Sight

I am reading the book The Sight, the thirteenth book of the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. The story is about three apprentice kits (kittens) that hold the fate of the whole cat clan in their paws. The kits are unusual because they have special powers. Lionpaw can see dead warrior ghosts, for example, which helps him practice fighting moves and gives him helpful advice for the future. I think that giving these kinds of powers to a cat makes the cat seem more like a person. It surprised me to read about cats this way because it’s really not the way I thought cats would think.

I found it interesting the way Erin Hunter describes the anger some cats feel against cats that are not clanborn. For example Dustpelt, a clanborn cat, protests taking a kittypet into the clan. He says it would “weaken” the clan to include her. He is so angry he almost turns his back on his own clan leader just to keep her out.

This made me think of the Harry Potter books where Muggle-borns are also teased and tormented and where Voldemort goes so far as to make a plan to wipe Muggleborns out of the world.

Reading all this makes me feel bad that there are so many bad guys in the world, whether they’re cats or wizards. Still, I liked reading the book and I can recommend it to anyone who likes books with animals and adventure.