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  Guardians of Ga'Hoole: Book 6

  The Burning

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic battle against the sinister Pure Ones. Meanwhile, in the Southern Kingdoms, St. Aggies has fallen to the Pure Ones and they are using its resources to plan a final invasion of The Great Ga'Hoole Tree. With the future of all Owldom in the balance, the parliament of... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 3

  The Rescue

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Now that Soren has been reunited with his sister, Eglantine, he must face his next challenge: making sense of the mysterious disappearance of his mentor, Ezylryb. When Soren discovers that Ezylryb is in danger, he and his friends Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger devise a plan to save their teacher. In this process, Soren fights a ferocious foe who wears a terrifying metal beak, sharpened for battle. It's not until... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 9

  The First Collier

  by Kathryn Lasky

  It is a time of Legends and a time of chaos. Warlords vie for power and marauding outlaws roam the land. Good King Hrath and his queen, Siv, noble Spotted Owls struggle to keep peace in their kingdom. Grank, noble Spotted Owl, friend and supporter of King Hrath, has exiled himself to Beyond the Beyond, where he has developed his firesight and learns how to work with embers, fire and how to forge metals. He is the... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 16

  Lost Tales of Ga'Hoole

  by Kathryn Lasky, Kathryn Huang

  Otulissa, the Great Ga'Hoole Tree's historian, lets you take one more dive into the owl kingdom as you read several short stories explaining secrets about the cast of characters featured in the series.
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 7

  The Hatchling

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Kludd is dead. Nyra, his mate, is determined that her hatchling, Nyroc, will fulfill his father's destiny: the vicious oppression of all the owl kingdoms. But Nyroc is a poor student of evil. A light grows in his heart, fed by scraps of forbidden legend and strange news of a place where goodness and nobility reign. He must summon all his courage to defy his destiny -- and the embodiment of evil that is his mother. (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 15

  The War of the Ember

  by Kathryn Lasky

  The strange, maniacal blue owl known as the Striga has been rousted from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Nyra, leader of the vicious Pure Ones, is either dead or laying low in some distant land,leaving the tree finally at peace. As if fed by an invisible spring, learning and the lively arts flourish at the great tree and spread throughout the owl kingdoms. But unbeknowst to the Guardians, in a long-empty cave deep in... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 13

  The River of Wind

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Coryn and the Band have returned to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree and restored order. With the Ember safely hidden away, the tree shakes off its gaudy golden glow and recovers its natural majesty. Meanwhile, deep in the Palace of Mists, Bess finds an ancient map fragment that reveals that there are not 5 owl kingdoms -- as has been thought since time immemorial -- but 6. Coryn and the chaw of chaws set off to find this... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 8

  The Outcast

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Nyroc has exiled himself from the Pure Ones. He flies alone, feared and despised by those who know him as Kludd's son, hunted by those whose despotism he has rejected, and haunted by ghostly creatures conjured by Nyra to lure him back to the Pure Ones. He yearns for a place he only half believes in -- the great tree -- and an uncle -- the near-mythic Soren -- who might be a true father to him. Yet he cannot... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 14

  Exile

  by Kathryn Lasky

  The Striga, former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea, has come to stay at the great tree. He has earned the trust of all by saving Bell, Soren's owlet, from Nyra, and he grows daily closer to the young king Coryn, with whom he seems to share a strange bond. The Striga senses the power of the ember hidden in Bubo's forge and draws it closer. As his power waxes, he accuses the Band of treason... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 11

  To Be a King

  by Kathryn Lasky

  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 great trepidation Hoole uses the power of the Ember in the final, decisive battle and wins. At the dawn of a new ear of... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 5

  The Shattering

  by Kathryn Lasky

  In the midst of war, Eglantine unwittingly becomes a spy for Kludd, leader of the Pure Ones (a group of evil owls). She is brainwashed by an owl sent by the Pure Ones to infiltrate the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Her odd behavior eventually attracts attention, and Soren and his friends vow to find out what's wrong with Eglantine. They ultimately learn what happened and help her reverse the effects of the brainwashing.... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 10

  The Coming of Hoole

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Grank raises the hatchling deep in a forest far from owls that would kill the royal chick named Hoole to end the kingly line. His mother comes to visit, in disguise, and departs again. Not even the chick must know his mother's identity. It would give him away as Hrath's heir. Sent by an evil warlord, a hagsfiend attempts to lure young Hoole away when he first learns to fly. Grank realizes that the same evil forces... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 4

  The Siege

  by Kathryn Lasky

  An evil group of tyto owls called the Pure Ones try to take control of the owl kingdom, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole prepare for a fierce war. Soren's beloved mentor, Ezylryb, is finally back at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There's a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. On one side is a group led by Soren's fearsome brother, Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his... (more)
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 2

  The Journey

  by Kathryn Lasky

  In the second book in the Guardians Of Ga'Hoole series, Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger travel to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds. Soren and his group are seeking help to fight the evil they discovered in the owl world (in Guardians #1). After a harrowing journey, they arrive at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree and learn they will need to stay to... (more)
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  Dear America: Book 24

  Dreams in the Golden Country

  The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
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  Dear America: Book 1

  A Journey to the New World

  The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620

  by Kathryn Lasky

  The diary of a young Pilgrim girl who makes the dangerous journey on the Mayflower to America is filled with her thoughts about her new friends, her contact with Native Americans, and her love for her new land.
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 1

  The Capture

  by Kathryn Lasky

  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 owls, St. Aggie's. When Soren arrives at St. Aggie's, he suspects there is more to the school than meets the eye. He and... (more)
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  The Royal Diaries: Book 8

  Elizabeth I

  Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544

  by Kathryn Lasky

  In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven year old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health.
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  The Royal Diaries: Book 15

  Marie Antoinette

  Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Maria Antonia of Vienna has her whole life mapped out ahead of her. She is to marry Dauphin Louis Auguste, eldest grandson of King Louis XV. As his wife, she will be called Marie Antoinette, and will be the highest princess of France. Upon the death of the King, she will become Queen Marie Antoinette. But she dreads both new roles. "I am just thirteen...I am not yet ready to be a dauphine, let alone Queen."
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  Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 12

  The Golden Tree

  by Kathryn Lasky

  Coryn, Soren, and the Band preside over a new Golden Age of the Great Tree under the subtle influence of the Ember. All seems well, but beneath the prosperity of peace Coryn is tortured by the suspicion that his evil mother, Nyra, is a hagsfiend and that his own blood carries the haggish taint. He wanders afar searching for the truth from hagsfiends themselves - putting the Great Tree in danger. Soren & the... (more)