The war of the ember

Format:

Book

Title:

The war of the ember

Author:

Lasky, Kathryn author

ISBN:

9780439888097

9781436450522

9781439572122

9780329670061

Publication:

New York : Scholastic, Inc., [2008]

Physical Description:

xviii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

Guardians of Ga'Hoole ;

Number in series:

15.

General Note:

"Apple series"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

The harvest festival -- Dumpy's dilemma -- Chimes in the mist -- Scholar or warrior? -- A wolf and a bear -- Namara howls -- I'm here! -- Astonishing visitors -- Tactics -- A dreadful mis-hatch! -- Stirrings in the Dragon Court -- "Glaux speed!" -- Proposal or experiment? -- A trace of doubt -- Splendid isolation, no more! -- To the northern kingdoms -- A surprise warrior -- A distracted owl -- High stakes -- Standoff at the Great Horns -- A mustering of troops -- A summit meeting -- At the Wolf's Fang -- An old friend -- The lure of the ember -- A Slink Melf swims on -- The second front -- The hot gates of the beyond -- The last glow.

Summary:

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.

Reading Level:

008-012.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 7.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #126403.

Reading Counts 3-5 5.3 11 46091.

Lexile 800L.

F&P V.

Subject(s):

Owls -- Juvenile fiction.

Good and evil -- Juvenile fiction.

Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.

Exile (Punishment) -- Juvenile fiction.

Fantasy.

Owls -- Fiction.

Good and evil -- Fiction.

Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.

Exile (Punishment) -- Fiction.

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Added Author:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	JF LASKY	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Lyons Public Library	JR LAS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Lasky, K.	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

The final book in Lasky's best-selling animal series.

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 the Northern Kingdoms two ruthless villains join forces to conjure an ancient evil, an evil that will do their bidding and wreak havoc on the world.

Author Notes

Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching.

She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

(Bowker Author Biography)