Plot įireheart is ThunderClan's new deputy, but the previous deputy, Tigerclaw, still haunts Fireheart's dreams. In addition to the New Forest, Loch Lomond, the Scottish Highlands, and the Forest of Dean also inspired the fictional locales in the novel. The forest is based on New Forest in Southern England. The forest is home to four Clans of wild cats, ThunderClan, WindClan, RiverClan and ShadowClan, each of which lives in a piece of territory suited to their skills/abilities. Rising Storm takes place in a fictional forest. Reviews for the book were mixed, with reviewers praising the suspense and cliffhanger ending however, some reviews criticized the growing number of characters and lack of humor and depth. Rising Storm has been published in multiple languages, including Chinese, German, and French. The UK has received the paperback version along with Canada. It was then released in both paperback and e-book format. The book was first released as a hardcover in the US on 6 January 2004. The plot follows Fireheart, newest deputy of ThunderClan, struggling to complete his duties as deputy, while still knowing that the previous deputy, Tigerclaw, is lurking in the forest somewhere, seeking revenge against Fireheart and his Clan. The series follows the adventures of four Clans of wild, anthropomorphic cats. Rising Storm is a fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Warriors series, written under the pen name of Erin Hunter.
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In 1892, he worked under the tutelage of Flinders Petrie for one season at Amarna, the capital founded by the pharaoh Akhenaten. Īlthough only 17, Carter was innovative in improving the methods of copying tomb decoration. Lady Amherst was impressed by his artistic skills, and in 1891 she prompted the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) to send Carter to assist an Amherst family friend, Percy Newberry, in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan. The nearby mansion of the Amherst family, Didlington Hall, contained a sizable collection of Egyptian antiques, which sparked Carter's interest in that subject. Receiving only limited formal education at Swaffham, he showed talent as an artist. His father had previously relocated to London, but after three of the children had died young, Carter, who was a sickly child, was moved to Norfolk and raised for the most part by a nurse in Swaffham. Ĭarter spent much of his childhood with relatives in the Norfolk market town of Swaffham, the birthplace of both his parents. His father helped train and develop his artistic talents. Howard Carter was born in Kensington on, the youngest child (of eleven) of artist and illustrator Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter ( née Sands). Howard Carter ( – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. The characters here were wonderful and nuanced. Addie saw her mother’s dismissiveness as a lack of love for her, and it hit my heart to see Addie treated that way. It’s a great reminder to adults how children internalize how they are treated, even when you aren’t treating them that way with malicious intent. The Glass Witch was a fantastic story of family and finding yourself. 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