{{Short description|2009 book by Erin Hunter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox book| | name = Code of the Clans | image = Warriors Code of the clans.jpg | title_orig = | translator = | author = Erin Hunter | illustrator = Wayne McLoughlin | cover_artist = Wayne McLoughlin | country = United States | language = English | series = ''Warriors'' | genre = Children's literature<br/>Fantasy novel | publisher = HarperCollins | release_date = 9 June 2009 | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = 176 | isbn = 978-0-06-166009-2 | congress = PZ7.H916625 Co 2009 | oclc = 262887634 }}
'''''Code of the Clans''''' is a field guide in the ''Warriors'' novel series. ''Code of the Clans'' is about the warrior code that guides the Clans in their everyday behavior and decisions.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2009 |title=INTERMEDIATE FICTION |url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/intermediate-fiction/docview/207567502/se-2 |journal=The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=373 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
==Plot summary== In the introduction, the book summarizes how the Clans were formed. The next chapters feature Leafpool explaining the Warrior Code to the reader, through the point of view of curious loners visiting the Clans. Leafpool tells a story about each Code, which illustrates how and why the Code came to be. She explains failed additions to the Code in the final chapter.
==Publication history== * Code of the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (hardcover), 9 June 2009 * Code of the Clans (EN), HarperCollins (e-book), 9 June 2009 * Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (hardcover), 30 July 2011, translated by Friederike Levin * Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (audio-book), 26 July 2011, translated by Friederike Levin and read by Marlen Diekhoff * Закон племён (RU), OLMA Media Group (hardcover), 2013, translator unknown * Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (paperback), 1 December 2016, translated by Friederike Levin and read by Marlen Diekhoff * Das Gesetz der Krieger (DE), Beltz & Gelberg (abridged audio-book), 21 February 2017, translated by Friederike Levin and read by Marlen Diekhoff * Klaanien laki (FI), Art House (hardcover), 25 July 2019, translated by Nana Sironen
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