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To Be a King
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Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 11

To Be a King (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Kathryn Lasky (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this final book of the Legends trilogy Hoole reclaims the thrown of his father and goes on to wage a war against the forces of chaos, greed and oppression led by the powerful warlord-tyrants. Grank, the first collier, uses his skills with fire and metals to forge weapons for battle. With... read more

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Hoole uses the power of the Ember in the final, decisive battle and searches for the ideal place to establish an order of free owls.

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  • “No, It is not the ember I wanted...”
    Lutta
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  • “I am a Guardian of Ga’Hoole. From this night on, I dedicate my life to the protection of owlkind. I shall not swerve in my duty. I shall support my brother and sister Guardians in times of battle, as well as in times of peace. I am the eyes in the night, the silence within the wind. I am the talons through the fire, the shield that guards the innocent. I shall seek to wear no crown, nor win any glory. And all these things I do swear upon my honor as a Guardian of Ga’Hoole until my days on this earth cease to be. This be my vow. This be my life. By Glaux, I do
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  • “Evil may cloak itself as good, and good can sometimes appear to be evil. They know each other’s ways.”
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  • “Their nature is that of restraint. Their passion is peace. Their heroism comes from their mercy. Their honor is found in resistance, their dignity in their humility.”
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  • It matters not who I am, only that I tell the rest of the tale…
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  • “There are no separate heavens. All creatures are together. We just call them by different names.”
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  • steel my soldiers’ hearts. Make trim their gizzards for this fight. Give me the words that will burn like the Rogue smiths’ metal and pierce with the keenness of a blade cut from the heart of the Ice Dagger. Protect these noble owls. How I envy the ease of their gizzards and do wish that sometimes I were not born a prince, or had to be a king.
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  • Bring the sun so bright, then the shadows beyond the noon grow long as day grows old.
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  • Yonot fyngrot velink velink, inhale the vapor and the stink. Transform this mess of cursed stew and make it into haggish brew. Snick, snick the gizzard is nigh on gone and thus a new monster is spawned. Gimlich gimloc machten ma, this is the hagsfiends’ nachtga’th.
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  • Worry not, my owls, the dark will wait for you. Worry not, the night steals away the day. Worry not, twilight turns to gray. Here comes the night, here comes the night.
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  • I must learn to think like a commander, to think like a king. No, Hoole corrected himself. I must learn to be a king.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Silverveil
  • Ambala: You can find Mist there in Ambala. The place is far-away from most places and few owls wander there.

First Sentence edit see section history

Hoole flew on, a simple knight among kinghts.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
A Great Tree
Just Plain Hoole?
Meditations on an Ember
To Be a Guardian
The Hagsfiend of the Ice Narrows
The Education of Lutta
Strix Strumajen Yearning
A Mission for Half-hags
Theo Meets Svenka
Into the S'yrthghar
Perch Warriors Theo Pushes On
Home?
A Stench Most Foul
Black Feathers in the Desert
In Search of a Feather
The Ice Palace of the H'rathghar
To Be Emerilla
An Old Friend
A Rotting Palace
Desert Hags
The Night of the Green Light
Emerilla?
An Assassination Attempt
"Who Am I? What Am I?"
Not the Ember!
Into the Short Light
Into the Long Night
The Ice Palace
Epilogue

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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 11 of 17 in Guardians of Ga'hoole. (standard series)

Preceded by The Coming of Hoole, and followed by The Golden Tree.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Kathryn Lasky (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Steve Scott (Designer)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: October 2006
ISBN: 0439795702
Page Count: 206

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: MLCS 2006/45518 (P)
  • Dewey: 22

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

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