Kathryn Lasky
1) The capture
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'hoole volume 9
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Soren and Coryn read the ancient legends of Ga'Hoole in order to find a way to prevent the victory of evil in their present world.
3) The haunting
Author
Series
Secret of Glendunny volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
Deep in the wilds of Scotland, land of ancient warrior kings and myths, there is a deep secret. The secret is a colony of beavers, a species that is craved for their fur pelts, but vilified for what humans consider to be the destruction of their land. No beaver has been spotted in Scotland or England for over five hundred years, until the young beaver, Dunwattle, is sighted! Dunwattle's flight is driven by the presence of a ghostly figure, a figure...
4) The burning
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 6
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 Ga'Hoole must decide whether or not to...
5) The journey
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom. The journey is long and harrowing, and Soren and his friends will be tested in ways they never dreamed. But if they can learn from their leaders and from one another, they will soon become true Ga'Hoolian...
6) Pirate Bob
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
AD 700L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of a pirate, named simply Bob, whose job is to cut the steering cables and cripple the ships he and his shipmates will loot.
Author
Series
Bears of the ice volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is a time of trouble in the Northern Kingdoms because a group of power-hungry polar bears called Roguers has been snatching cubs from their mothers and killing those who resist. Svenna is not about to relinquish her two cubs to that fate, so she agrees to go with the Roguers and serve Mystress of the Hands if her cubs, who have special powers, are allowed to stay with her cousin--but nobody is truly safe when a way of life is collapsing around...
9) The rescue
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations, map. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Even though Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. And Ezylryb, Soren's mentor, has disappeared.... In order to rescue him, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest."--[P. 4] of cover.
10) Exile
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 14
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
xiii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Band is exiled, old friends, loyal family and allies devise a plan to free young king Coryn and the tree from the hold of Striga, a former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea.
11) Watch wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
230 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Faolan, poised to take his place as a member of the revered Wolves of the Watch, may be the only one who can stop Dunbar MacHeath and his clan from provoking a war between the Watch and the bears.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble ..."--Dust jacket.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 13
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Coryn and his companions journey to a wintery realm where mysterious owls live, the king becomes the target of an assassination plot and it is up to Primrose and Eglantine to save him.
14) The golden tree
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 12
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The golden age which is expected from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree turns gradually worse as the owls' young king hunts for the truth about his ancestry.
15) The shattering
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 5
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger."--P. [4] of cover.
16) The siege
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 4
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
203 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by and all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there must fight fiercely to protect their resources and defend their honor."--P. 4 cover.
17) Shadow wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
260 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime.
18) To be a king
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 11
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 10
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
210 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Soren and Coryn read the ancient legends of Ga'Hoole in order to find a way to prevent the victory of evil in their present world.
20) The escape
Author
Series
Horses of the dawn volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.