Warrior Heir, The (original 2006; edition 2007)

by Cinda Williams Chima

Series: The Heir Chronicles (1)

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After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.

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Title:	Warrior Heir, The
Authors:	Cinda Williams Chima
Info:	Hyperion Book CH (2007), Paperback, 448 pages
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repechage | Dec 26, 2024 |

DNF 70% (Counting as 'READ')

i’m sorry but this was just so boring lmao (

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gluchie | Sep 22, 2024 |

The characters were great, and I liked much of the plot, but struggled to swallow the premise. (

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LaPhenix | Jul 8, 2024 |

This is re-read for me apart of read along I am doing. It felt like returning home to the series as dived in. I have also loved this author writing style but i also really focused on how she crafted here female characters and even thought they are not a POV character I really noticed how strong it was. This is a great starting off fantasy series for somebody and the writing is easy to breeze through. I really loved how much was accomplished in this book and it felt like complete story. I am so excited to read book 2 next month! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Cinda Williams Chima	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Lee, Will	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ramirez, Robert	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Heir Chronicles (1)

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The Heir Chronicles 3-book Box Set by Cinda Williams Chima

▾Awards and Honors

Awards

Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee – 2009)

Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee – 2009)

South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee – Young Adult Book Award – 2009)

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee – Young Adult – 2008)

Distinctions

Book Sense Summer Pick Teen Readers (2006)

Notable Lists

Texas Lone Star Reading List (2008)

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The Warrior Heir

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2006

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Ohio, USA

London, England, UK

Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK

Coalton County, Ohio, USA

Trinity, Ohio, USA

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Dedication

For my mother, Carol Bryan Williams, who told stories

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The scent of wood smoke and roses always took him back there, to the boy he was and would never be again.

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Lewin, Arianne

Bray, Donna

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Canonical DDC/MDS

813.6

Canonical LCC

PZ7.C4422

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After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.

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Young adult fiction meets the fantasy world in this thought provoking new novel. Sixteen-year-old Jack Swift thinks he has a heart condition that warrants him swallowing a spoonful of blue medicine every morning, until one day he forgets, and his world is turned upside down. Soon Jack finds out from his quirky aunt that he is not really sick at all, but special. He is one of the last remaining Warriors in an ancient underground society known as the Weirlind. Amidst the everyday struggle of high school, girls, soccer practice, and just plain teenage life, Jack must train for the ultimate fight between the ever-feuding houses of the Red and White Roses—a fight to the death. In this novel Cinda Williams Chima brings to life the clash of magic and the ordinary in an intricate web of literary genius that most authors would need an entire series to create.

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