Series
Ratha
Clare Bell · 5 novels · 1 novelette · 1983–2009
The Books of the Named is a series of young adult xenofictive prehistoric fiction novels by Clare Bell. The books center around a society of sapient prehistoric cats, the Named, who herd prehistoric horses and deer and are in conflict with a non-sentient group of cats called the Unnamed. The series follows Ratha, who discovers the "Red Tongue", fire, permanently changing their society. The series has received positive reviews and has been compared to the book Watership Down.
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- 1980s2
- 1990s2
- 2000s2
Shape
5 novels · 1 novelette
1 author
reads like:fantasycoming of ageour worldprehistoricadventurousyoung adult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 6 works carry a tone
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- Clan Grounddarkest · most intense
- Ratha's Creaturebrightest
- Ratha and Thistle-Chasercalmest