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Description
In the first book in the Guardians... series, the reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Soren (12-1): Barn Owl who was captured and taken to St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls when he was three weeks old
- Noctus Alba (Da): Soren's father
- Marella Alba (Mum): Soren's mother
- Kludd: Soren's older brother
- Eglantine: Soren's younger sister
- Mrs. Plithiver: Blind snake who is a nest-maid for Soren's family
- Gylfie (25-2): Elf Owl who was also captured at three weeks old and taken to St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
- Skench: Great Horned Owl, Ablah General of St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls
- Lieutenant Spoorn: Western Screech Owl, the Ablah General's second-in-command
- Jatt: Long-eared Owl, one of the owls in charge at St. Aggie's
- Jutt: Jatt's cousin, also one of the owls in charge at St. Aggie's
- Finny (Auntie) (Nursey): Snowy Owl, Soren's pit guardian
- Unk: Great Horned Owl, Gylfie's pit guardian
- 47-2: Western Screech Owl, Soren and Gylfie's guide in the pelletorium
- Hortense (12-8): Spotted Owl, another owl in Soren's pit trained as a broody owl in the eggorium at St. Aggie's
- Grimble: Owl who captured Gylfie and who guards the library at St. Aggie's
- Tumak: Elderly owl who is the director of the main battle claw repository
- Twilight: Great Gray Owl who was orphaned but escaped from his capturer before ever entering St. Aggie's
- Digger: Burrowing Owl whose two brothers were captured by Jatt and Jutt
- Flick: Digger's youngest brother
- Streak: Bald Eagle who was saving owl eggs from St. Aggie's
- Zan: Streak's mate
- Fiona: Streak and Zan's daughter
First Sentence
Noctus, can you spare a bit more down, darling?
Table of Contents
1. A Nest Remembered
2. A Life Worth Two Pellets
3. Snatched
4. St. Aegolius Acedemy for Orphaned Owls
5. Moon Blinking
6. Separate Pits, One Mind
7. The Great Scheme
8. The Pelletorium
9. Good Nurse Finny
10. Right Side Up in an Upside-down World
11. Gylfie's Discovery
12. Moon Scalding
13. Perfection!
14. The Eggorium
15. The Hatchery
16. Hortense's Story
17. Save the Egg!
18. One Bloody Night
19. To Believe
20. Grimble's Story
21. To Fly
22. The Shape of the wind
23. Flying Free
24. Empty Hollows
25. Mrs. P.!
26. Desert Battle
27. Hortense's Eagles
Series
This book is in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
Authors & Contributors
- Kathryn Lasky (Author)
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