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The capture / by Kathryn Lasky.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Lasky, Kathryn. Guardians of Ga'Hoole ; bk. 1.Publisher: New York : Scholastic, Inc., [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 222 pages : map ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0439405572
  • 9780439405577
  • 9780605221369
  • 0605221367
  • 9780545253062
  • 0545253063
  • 9780545039611
  • 0545039614
  • 9780613674843
  • 0613674847
  • 9780545010344
  • 0545010349
  • 1404680187
  • 9781404680180
  • 9780756915827
  • 0756915821
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Contents:
A nest remembered -- A life worth two pellets -- Snatched! -- St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls -- Moon blinking -- Separate pits, one mind -- The great scheme -- The pelletorium -- Good nurse Finny -- Right side up in an upside-down world -- Gylfie's discovery -- Moon scalding -- Perfection! -- The eggorium -- The hatchery -- Hortense's story -- Save the egg! -- One bloody night -- To believe -- Grimble's story -- To fly -- The shape of the wind -- Flying free -- Empty hollows -- Mrs. P! -- Desert battle -- Hortense's eagles.
Summary: 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 his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually a training camp where the school's leader can groom young owls to help achieve her goal.Summary: "Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of Soren's life forever.Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes it's something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape, they will need to do something they have never done before -- fly.And so begins a magical journey. Along the way, Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight and Digger. The four owls band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger."--Page [4] of cover.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy LASKY KATHRYN 1 On hold 33111010890685 1
Total holds: 2

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A classic hero mythology about the fight between good and evil, Guardians of Ga'Hoole is filled with adventure, suspense, and heart.Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of Soren's life forever.Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes it's something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape, they will need to do something they have never done before -- fly.And so begins a magical journey. Along the way, Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight and Digger. The four owls band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger.

A nest remembered -- A life worth two pellets -- Snatched! -- St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls -- Moon blinking -- Separate pits, one mind -- The great scheme -- The pelletorium -- Good nurse Finny -- Right side up in an upside-down world -- Gylfie's discovery -- Moon scalding -- Perfection! -- The eggorium -- The hatchery -- Hortense's story -- Save the egg! -- One bloody night -- To believe -- Grimble's story -- To fly -- The shape of the wind -- Flying free -- Empty hollows -- Mrs. P! -- Desert battle -- Hortense's eagles.

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 his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually a training camp where the school's leader can groom young owls to help achieve her goal.

"Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of Soren's life forever.Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes it's something far worse. He and his friend Gylfie know that the only way out is up. To escape, they will need to do something they have never done before -- fly.And so begins a magical journey. Along the way, Soren and Gylfie meet Twilight and Digger. The four owls band together to seek the truth and protect the owl world from unimaginable danger."--Page [4] of cover.

Ages 8-12.

RL4

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.8 7.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #70101.

Reading Counts 3-5 4.5 11 33595.

Lexile 730L.

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Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.8 7 Quiz 70101 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

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