The Quest Begins

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name = The Quest Begins
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image_caption = The cover of "The Quest Begins"
author = Tui T. Sutherland as Erin Hunter
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cover_artist = Wayne McLoughlin
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series = Seekers
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genre = Teen literature, fantasy
publisher = HarperCollin
pub_date = 27 May 2008
media_type = Print(Hardcover)
pages = 304
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"The Quest Begins" is the first book of the Seekers series written by Tui T. Sutherland, under the pseudonym Erin Hunter. It focuses around 3 bears.

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Something is very wrong in the natural world. Animals and humans battle against harsh winters, scorching summers, and violent storms. As their territory diminishes, the bears lose their way and when spring arrives, the thin and hungry bears have to fight for every mouthful of food...

In the night skies, the star animals revolve around the Pathway Star, the one still point in the whirling skies. It brings together three bears from different species, each with a tale of extreme hardship. Kallik has lived her life on the ice with her mother and brother. Lusa has never left the zoo where she was born. And Toklo roams the forest with his mother and younger brother, who has always been ill.

Suddenly separated from those who have always cared for them, these three bears are learning to survive in the wild. With the bear-shaman Ujurak, the bears embark on a long and dangerous quest. They travel through magnificent and often hostile landscapes to the frozen north, where the swirling lights of Aurora Borealis guide the bears to their journey’s end beyond the stars.

Characters

Lusa -Lusa has lived her life in captivity. With her mother and father, she is fed and cared for in the zoo that has always been her home. While her mother was also born in a zoo, her father used to live in the wild. Lusa loves to hear about life in the wild, and longs to see the forests and the mountains for herself some day. If only she can learn the ways of the wild, she knows she can survive…

Kallik -Kallik is a polar bear. Like other polar bears, she depends on her mother to teach her how to hunt and survive until she is old enough to do it on her own. Her brother is her favorite playmate, but he is restless and has trouble paying attention. Kallik is a good learner, and is anxious to know the secrets her mother has to impart. But when she finds herself suddenly alone, Kallik must figure out how to survive on her own… Toklo -Toklo, his mother, and his brother, Tobi, have been roaming the forest for a long time. Toklo loves to play and have fun, but Tobi is very ill. Instead of learning to hunt and fish, Toklo spends much of his time watching his mother care for Tobi. Toklo longs for the day when he will be able to be on his own, but when that day comes, it’s not what he was expecting…