If you loved watching Rusty become Firepaw—training under Bluestar and Lionheart, forging a tight bond with Graypaw, and learning hard lessons after feeding Yellowfang—then you’ll click with Will’s journey in The Ruins of Gorlan. Like Firepaw, Will starts as an underestimated outsider who’s chosen for a demanding apprenticeship. His mentor Halt is as tough and quietly caring as any ThunderClan senior, and the trials Will faces echo Firepaw’s path from novice to capable defender of his community.

If the warrior code, clan hierarchies, and forest territories in Into the Wild drew you in—ThunderClan’s rituals, the medicine cat traditions Yellowfang embodies, and the tensions with ShadowClan under Brokenstar—then Redwall will feel like home. Jacques crafts a vivid abbey culture with its own customs, songs, and feasts, and pits it against marauding foes. The deep sense of tradition and place mirrors the Clan worldbuilding that made Firepaw’s training and loyalties so compelling.

If the brisk pace of patrols, border skirmishes, and daring rescues—like Firepaw and Graypaw spiriting Ravenpaw away from Tigerclaw—kept you turning pages, Silverwing delivers that same momentum. Young bat Shade is thrust into perilous flights, rival factions, and close calls that echo Firepaw’s rapid-fire challenges. It’s a propulsive survival journey with tight action beats and loyal friendships at its heart.

If you connected with Firepaw’s growth—from a kittypet outsider to a vital ThunderClan apprentice who stands up to Tigerclaw and helps protect his Clan—then Hazel’s quiet evolution in Watership Down will resonate. As Hazel leads his band of rabbits through threats and rival warrens, his steady courage and empathy recall the same arc that turns Firepaw into someone others rely on in the forest.

If you liked how Firepaw’s goals—prove himself, safeguard his Clan, and expose Tigerclaw’s schemes—propel every hunt, patrol, and risky decision, The Capture offers a similarly focused mission. Young owl Soren flees a sinister academy and seeks the Great Ga’Hoole, a purpose that shapes each encounter the way Firepaw’s duty shapes his. The quest energy and mounting stakes will scratch that same itch.