Characters from the Time of the Legends
GRANK: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, the first collier; friend to young King H’rath and Queen Siv during their youth; first owl to find the ember
HOOLE: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, son of H’rath; retriever of the Ember of Hoole; founder and first king of the great tree
H’RATH: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, King of the N’yrthghar, a frigid region known in later times as the Northern Kingdoms; father of Hoole
SIV: Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, mate of H’rath and Queen of the N’yrthghar, a frigid region known in later times as the Northern Kingdoms; mother of Hoole
KREETH: Female hagsfiend with strong powers of nacht-magen; friend of Ygryk; conjured Lutta into being
Other Characters
DUNLEAVT MagHEATH: treacherous dire wolf, once leader of the MacHeath clan in Beyond the BeyondGYLLBANE: courageous member of the MacHeath clan of dire wolves; her pup, Cody, was maimed by clan leader Dunleavy MacHeath
BESS: Boreal Owl, Aegolius funerus, daughter of Grimble, who was a guard at St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls; keeper of the Palace of Mists (also known as THE KNOWER)
DOC FINEBEAK: Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, famed freelance tracker once in the employ of the Pure Ones
Coming soon!
GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLEBOOK THIRTEEN
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 five owl kingdoms as has been thought since time immemorial - but six. Coryn and the Chaw of Chaws set off to find this unknown realm. In a landscape of endless wonders they discover a monastery of mysterious, learned blue-eyed owls, the like of which no one has ever before seen.
While they explore the unknown, the young Guardians Primrose and Eglantine fly on a rescue mission to the known kingdoms. Far from home they uncover a plot by Nyra and the remnant Pure Ones to assassinate the young king and his noble companions. It is too late to get help from the Guardians back at the tree. Primrose and Eglantine must race against time itself to find the strange unknown land and warn Coryn before the Pure Ones find - and kill - them.
About the Author
Kathryn Lasky has long had a fascination with owls. Several years ago, she began researching these birds — what they eat, how they fly, how they build or find their nests. She planned to someday write a nonfiction book about owls illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She realized, though, that this would be difficult since owls are nocturnal creatures, shy and hard to find. So she decided to write a fantasy about a world of owls. But even though it is an imaginary world in which owls can speak, think, and dream, she included as much of their natural history as she could.Kathryn Lasky has written many books, including Sugaring Time, for which she won a Newbery Honor; The Night Journey, winner of the National Jewish Book Award; and Beyond the Burning Time, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, She has also received The Boston Globe Horn Book Award as well as The Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for her contribution to nonfiction. Lasky and her husband live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A Word from Otulissa
Dear Owls and other Intelligent, Reading Creatures.As I am studious by nature and have been fortunate to have been present at the most glorious moments in the tree’s recent history, I, Otullssa, have decided to write a compendium, a catchall-a chronicle, in short-of the history, life, and spirit of the Great Tree. I shall expound upon the natural history of the tree, its origin and yearly changes, as well as the histories of some of its lesser-known heroes: of Ruby and Cleve; of the brothers Ifghar and Ezylryb and the treachery that bound them; and of Theo, the peaceful warrior, There will be tales of Strix Struma (of course!), Uglamore, and others. Many are the brave deeds still unheralded! I write of ages lost and dark, and of lighter things; of feasts and holidays celebrated under dwenking moon and winter sun. Dear readers near and far, this book will show you what it is to be a Guardian!
Yours in the spirit of the Great Tree,
Otulissa
Kathryn Lasky, The Golden Tree
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