Moonrise is the second book in Erin Hunter's bestselling Warriors: The New Prophecy series.

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Several moons have passed since six cats set out from the forest on an urgent journey to save all their Clans. The six cats are now traveling home again. From fear of the dangers that they encountered in the first book Midnight, they decide to travel back through the mountains to return to the forest. In the midst of the snowy danger, the six cats, Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Crowpaw, Feathertail, Stormfur, and Tawnypelt, stumble across a group of wild tribal cats, who belong to a home which is known as the Tribe of Rushing Water.

The friendly Tribe takes the questing cats in to shelter them and feed them. But the Tribe cats have a their own prophecy to fulfill. They see Stormfur as their only hope, the silver cat mentioned in the prophecy of the Tribe of Endless Hunting, the Tribe cats' spiritual ancestors. Stormfur is forced to protect the Tribe from Sharptooth, a blood-thirsty mountain lion cat with a taste for the smaller cats' blood. Together, Stormfur and his friends help get rid of Sharptooth by anguishing him and leading him into a trap. However, as they duel the wild cat, it is revealed that Feathertail, Stormfur's sister and the daughter of Graystripe, is the real silver cat. In order to save Crowpaw from being killed, Feathertail loosens a rock spike from the roof of the cave, and plummets to the floor with it, crushing Sharptooth, yet Feathertail herself also dies from the impact.

Feathertail is later buried at the base of the Cave of Rushing Water's waterfall, and the remaining five cats continue traveling home towards their Clans. During their stay, Stormfur fell in love with Brook Where Small Fish Swim, a Tribe prey-hunter, and is forced to say goodbye to her and Feathertail.

Meanwhile, Leafpaw, the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice, has to deal with the threats at home. The destruction of the forest has begun, and the whole forest is being uprooted by the Twolegs. During the near end of the book, she enters into what seems to be a Twoleg trap for cats. Sorreltail tried to to call out for her but she was too late. Leafpool was captured by the humans.

The book ends with Tawnypelt noticing Highstones at the edge of WindClan territory and exclaiming, "Highstones! We're almost home!"

• Births: None
• Deaths: Feathertail, Larchkit, Dappletail, Sharptooth, Mist, Star
• Apprentices Made: None
• Warriors Made: None
• Cover: Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Feathertail, Stormfur, Tawnypelt, and Crowpaw along with some Tribe cats traveling through the snow (continues on the back cover) and Sharptooth's shadow
• Center Cover: Feathertail

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