Bamboo Kingdom · Book 5

The Lightning Path

by Erin Hunter

Published
1 January 2024
Pages
221
ISBN-13
9780063022218
Type
novel

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About this book

Book five, The Lightning Path, moved the series into 2024 at 221 pages, its shortest entry so far, carrying the three pandas closer to the escalating dragon-prophecy conflict of the finale.

Its place in Bamboo Kingdom

The Lightning Path is book 5 in the Bamboo Kingdom series. It follows The Dark Sun. It is followed by Fire and Ash. See the full Bamboo Kingdom reading order.

A catastrophic flood sweeps three young pandas -- Rain, Leaf and Ghost -- away from their families and out into a wider, wilder world than any of them knew existed, forcing them to survive on their own and find their way home through territory ruled by unfamiliar animals and older legends. Erin Hunter turns the animal-fantasy formula toward pandas and the wider creatures of a fantastical Chinese-inspired mountain kingdom, weaving in dragon mythology and ancient prophecy alongside the survival-adventure plotting…

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