- Fantasy
- Warriors collection
- Ages 8–12
Warriors: Graphic Novels
Part of the collectionWarriors→Best for confident graphic novel readers who want cats, clans, prophecy, battle and emotionally intense animal fantasy.
- Books4
- Arcs2
- Span2024–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Warriors: Graphic Novels is HarperAlley's full-colour graphic novel programme, adapting Erin Hunter's bestselling cat-clan saga one arc at a time. It opens with the three-part adaptation of The Prophecies Begin, adapted and illustrated by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter, following Rusty as he leaves domestic life, joins ThunderClan, becomes Firepaw and is drawn into the clan politics, rivalries, prophecies and violence of the forest. It then moves into The New Prophecy, adapted by Gibson Twist and illustrated by Sammy Savos, in which the Clans' forest home is threatened and young warriors are called by prophecy to journey beyond everything they know. The art lowers the prose barrier but makes fighting, injury and death more immediate. This is best for children who want serious animal fantasy rather than gentle pet stories.
Best for confident graphic novel readers who want cats, clans, prophecy, battle and emotionally intense animal fantasy.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Adventurous
- Suspenseful
- Dark
- Exciting
Read in publication order. The three parts of The Prophecies Begin come first and adapt the opening of the Warriors saga; The New Prophecy then begins the second arc and follows on from those events. Each adaptation is its own three-part sequence.
Two arcs
A series that changes as it goes.
- INarrative arcBooks 1–3 · 2024–2025High sensitivity
The Prophecies Begin
Three graphic novels adapting the start of Firepaw's journey from house cat to ThunderClan warrior.
The seeded Warriors arc is the three-part graphic novel adaptation of The Prophecies Begin. It gives readers the essential Warriors hook: a domestic cat enters a hidden forest society and must learn its codes, loyalties and dangers. The graphic format is accessible and compelling, but the story's animal violence, death, injuries and clan conflict are central enough to justify high sensitivity in this database's child-facing framework. It is a strong recommendation for readers who actively want intense animal fantasy, not for children seeking comforting cat stories.
- IINarrative arcBook 4 · 2026Moderate sensitivity
The New Prophecy
The second Warriors arc begins: the Clans' forest home is threatened and chosen cats are called away on a journey into the unknown.
The New Prophecy opens the second movement of the Warriors saga, adapted by Gibson Twist and illustrated in full colour by Sammy Savos. Generations of Clan cats have hunted the same forest, but strange signs warn that the peace is ending, and a prophecy calls a handful of young warriors away from everything they know to save their families from a gathering threat. It carries over the Clan politics, loyalty tests and life-or-death peril of the first adaptation while widening the story beyond the forest, and it is pitched at readers who have already met Firepaw's world and want the saga to keep escalating.
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 8–12
- Read aloud · 8–11
- Independent · 8–12
Reluctant-reader friendliness
High
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
High
Grows with the reader
Designed to
Sensitivity envelope
High overall — with one real jump.
Content notes
- Violence
- Death of character
- Animal harm
- Scary imagery
Per-arc breakdown
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
Read this after…
Series that pick up where Warriors: Graphic Novels leaves off.
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