Return to the Clans

Return to the Clans is the final book in the Tigerstar and Sasha arc.
==Blurb==
:Sasha has gone back to the forest to raise her kits, Moth, Hawk, and Tadpole. She thinks she's a safe distance from ShadowClan's prying eyes, but Tigerstar still haunts her dreams, and Sasha fears that he will soon discover the existence of his kits. As leaf-bare stretches on, and Sasha finds it harder to feed, she wonders if her kits might be better off as warriors, with a Clan to protect and train them. But where does Sasha belong?
==Praise==
: "Sasha returns to the forest with her kits and faces the problem of scarce prey to hunt in order to feed her babies. She is worried that ShadowClan will find them. Tigerstar is still in her thoughts all the time and she begins to wonder if her kits would be better off as warriors where they would be properly trained by a Clan and would be able to take care of themselves. If this happens, Sasha knows she will not go with them and wonders what will become of her. This book is written in graphic format that happens to be a favorite of mine. It makes it perfect for young adults who are reluctant readers and never seem to finish a book on their own. It is also a wonderful way to hook a non-reader into reading. Young adults who want to read anything they can get their hands on will enjoy the graphics and fast paced text. Even though the author provides a mini summary of what has happened in the book before this one, I do recommend reading books one and two first. This is an adventure series and readers will have a better feel for all of the characters if the series is read in order. At the end of the book, the author provides information about additional "Warrior" books in the series. She also includes a sneak-peek into Warrior Sunrise, book six, which begins with "Dead bracken rustled beneath Lionblaze's paws as he stalked through the forest… Terror raised the hairs on the young warrior's neck, and he shivered from ears to tail tip. This is the place that has never known the light of StarClan." I do recommend this book to both boys and girls"Barnes and Noble
:: -Kathie M. Josephs, Barnes and Noble
==Detailed plot description==
:Sasha has gone back to the forest to raise her three kits, Hawk, Moth and Tadpole. While hunting for her kits, she gets caught by a ShadowClan patrol, who detect the scent of milk on her and ask about her kits. Afraid that they will take them, she lies and says they died from the cold. Russetfur seems shocked by that and lets her go. Sasha then lets her kits play outside, but when they come back in she tells them about Ken. Later, she lets them outside and Russetfur walks in on them. Russetfur guesses that Tigerstar is their father. Sasha then finds out Tigerstar has been killed by BloodClan.
:The next day Sasha goes out hunting and the kits go out to find Ken, because they want to make their mother happy. They go into Twolegplace and get confronted by some BloodClan warriors. They run from them and go into a Twoleg nest. Meanwhile, Sasha has come back to find her kits gone. She goes out to look for them when she is joined by Shnuky. They find the kits then go through a basement window then the last kit pushes down what was holding the window up. They become trapped. Sasha, who is still trying to find the three, is confronted by the same BloodClan warriors. She tells them she is a Clan cat, avenging the death of Tigerstar, and says she now knows where they live. Scared, they show where her kits have gone and let her pass. In the basement a pipe blows and water leaks rapidly from it. Sasha rescues Hawk and Moth, but Tadpole drowns.
:That night she dreams of Tigerstar and asks if Tadpole is with him. Tigerstar says no but confides that he is safe. Sasha later meets with Pine and he takes her and the kits to a barn where another she-cat lives. After Pine leaves, the she-cat attacks the kits and Sasha. While Sasha gets attacked by the queen herself, Hawk and Moth are attacked by the she-cat's kits. Sasha beats the she-cat after getting taunted about motherhood. She leaves with the kits to go to RiverClan. In the outskirts of the territory, Sasha tells the kits who their father is and says that it's their secret, and they must never tell any cat.
:Once they start to progress they run into a RiverClan patrol. Sasha tells them that she and her kits wish to be warriors. At first they don't agree, but then they finally give in because their nursery is almost empty, and no kits, no apprentices. When they get back to camp, the kits and Sasha are invited to the nursery, and later the two siblings are apprenticed as Hawkpaw and Mothpaw. Later, Hawkpaw and Mothpaw see other kits playing and pretending to fight Tigerstar while mocking him. Sasha tells them the truth about Tigerstar's ambitions and attempts to take over the first, again asking them to keep their parentage a secret. Later Hawkpaw and Mothpaw discover the remnants of Bonehill, and play with the bones, unaware of their origins. Seeing this, Leopardstar lectures them on how horrible Tigerstar was and how much pain they suffered because of him. Hawkpaw and Mothpaw listen with growing horror as they realize their father is a murderer.
:Sasha decides Clan life isn't for her after Leopardstar offers her a warrior name, but her kits stay. In the end Tigerstar whispers to her, "I am proud of my kits. I will watch over them forever. I promise."
==Trivia==
===Interesting facts===
*Though Return to the Clans is referred to as 'manga', it is not, as it did not originate in Japan and was not drawn by Japanese mangaka.Information from wikipedia.org
*The Chinese exclusive full-color version identifies several unnamed background characters: Cedarheart, and Wildfur, Reedwhisker, Duskfur, Pinefur, Icewing, and Swallowtail as apprentices.Revealed in Return to the Clans, Chinese full-color edition, page 7Revealed in Return to the Clans, Chinese full-color edition, page 71
===Mistakes===
*A compiled list of the errors present in Return to the Clans can be found here.
==Publication list==
*Return to the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (paperback), 9 June 2009
*Return to the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (library binding), 9 June 2009Revealed on amazon.com
*Return to the Clans (EN), Tokyopop (paperback), 12 June 2009Revealed on tokyopop.com
*Главный выбор (RU), Tokyopop (paperback), 25 June 2011Revealed on ru.wikipedia.org
*返回族群 (CN), Future Publishing (paperback), 1 January 2012, translated by Gao Yin QianRevealed on amazon.cn
*Retour aux Clans (FR), Pocket Jeunesse (paperback), 2 July 2015 Revealed on Lisez.com
*Retour aux Clans (FR), 12-21 (e-book), 2 July 2015 Revealed on Lisez.com
*Return to the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (e-book), 1 December 2015Revealed on amazon.com
*Powrót do klanów (PL), Nowa Baśń (paperback), 10 December 2019, translated by Marta ZieglerRevealed on empik.com
* Powrót do klanów (PL), Nowa Baśń (e-book), 19 March 2020, translated by Marta ZieglerRevealed on ebookpoint.pl
*Повернення до Кланів (UA), АССА (paperback), 10 March 2024, translated by Владислава ТумкоRevealed on a Facebook post
*Terug naar de Clans (NL), Pelckmans (Paperback), 1 May 2025, translator unknownRevealed on pelckmansuitgevers.be
==Gallery==
===US covers===
TS-3.png|English Language EditionReleased in North America & United Kingdom
TS-3-2.png|English Language Edition E-bookReleased in North America & United Kingdom
===Foreign covers===
TS-3-CN.jpg|Simplified Chinese Language EditionReleased in China
TS-3-CN2.jpg|Simplified Chinese Reprint Language EditionReleased in China
TS-3-CN3.jpg|Alternate Simplified Chinese Reprint Language EditionReleased in China
TS-3-NL.jpg|Dutch Language EditionReleased in Belgium
TS-3-FR.jpg|French Language EditionReleased in France
TS-3-FR2.jpg|French E-Book Language EditionReleased in France
TS-3-PL.jpg|Polish Language EditionReleased in Poland
TS-3-PL-FC.png|Polish Language EditionTextless cover
TS-3-RU.jpg|Russian Language EditionReleased in Russia
TS-3-UA.png|Ukrainian Language EditionReleased in Ukraine
==External links==
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==Notes and references==
de:Zurück zu den Clansfr:Retour aux Clansru:Главный выборfi:Return to the Clanspl:Powrót do klanówzh:返回族群uk:Повернення_до_Кланів
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