Book 1

The Capture

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 June 2003

Introducing the newest heroes to children's fiction; the owls of Ga'Hoole. Meet Soren and his friends, the owls charged with keeping owldom safe. Based on Katherine Lasky's work with owls, this adventures series is bound to be a hit with kids. Join the heroic owls in the first of a series of mythic adventures.

Out of the darkness a hero will rise...
Soren the enthusiastic and young owl is busy learning the rituals of being a barn owl- First Meat Ceremony, how to fly and of course, about the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole. However, his life is quickly transformed when he abruptly falls from his parent's cosy nest to the bare and dangerous forest floor.
Helpless, he is captured by evil chick snatching owls that bring him to St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls, where his identify disappears as he receives a number instead of a name.
Soren quickly befriends another young owl Gylfie, with whom he works to withstand "moon blinking" (brainwashing), and instead develops plans to escape.
But before long, Soren realizes that he in fact has already embarked on an extraordinary adventure with much more excitement in the future.


Book 1


Book 1

# 1 Capture

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 July 2003
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.

Book 1

After Soren, a young owlet, is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he's plucked from the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school, the St Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. 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-to rule the entire owl kingdom.

Book 2

The Journey

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 September 2003

The brave owls of Ga'Hoole are back in their second mythic adventure as they strive to preserve owldom from the evil that lurks around them. Join the owls in their quest for the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, the legendary place where ordinary owls are transformed into the heroes that guard the owl kingdom.

Out of the darkness a hero will rise...

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 arduous for Soren, Gylife, Twilight and Digger. When they finally arrive, they realize that the journey has barely started and that greater challenges lay ahead. If they succeed in following in the footsteps of their leaders, they will soon become true Ga'Hoolian owls- honest, brave, true and wise.


Book 2

# 2 Journey

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 September 2003
Wishing to fight off evil that exists among the owls of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger must endure harsh training from the elders to become Ga'Hoolian owls, and carry out their good deeds.

Book 2

El Viaje / The Journey

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 May 2008
Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger make a harrowing journey to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree--a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds--seeking help to fight the evil afoot in the owl world.

Book 3

The Rescue

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 January 2004

The owls of Ga'Hoole return in the third book of the series ready to battle new and far more dangerous threats. Based on Katherine Lasky's work with owls, this adventures series is bound to be a hit with kids. Join the owls in their quest to safeguard the owl kingdom from the encroaching evil!

Out of the darkness a hero will rise...

Ever since 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. Deep within Soren's gizzard, something more powerful
than knowledge tells him there's a connection between these events.

In order to rescue Ezylryb, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest. It will bring him face to face with a force more dangerous than anything the rulers of St Aggie's could have devised - a truth that threatens to destroy the owl kingdom.


Book 3

El rescate / The Rescue

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 30 April 2012
Desde que Soren fue secuestrado y llevado a la academia San Aegolius para Lechuzas Huérfanas, ha anhelado volver a ver a su hermana, Eglantine. Ahora ella ha regresado, pero ha sufrido una experiencia demasiado terrible para describirla con palabras y Ezylryb, el mentor de Soren, ha desaparecido. Algo más fuerte que el conocimiento le dice a Soren que existe una conexión entre esos misteriosos sucesos. Para rescatar a Ezylryb, aquél debe emprender una arriesgada búsqueda. Su misión lo llevará a enfrentarse a una fuerza más peligrosa que cualquier cosa que los gobernantes de San Aegolius hubieran podido concebir... y una realidad que amenaza con destruir el reino de las lechuzas.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

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 the beloved teacher.

In this process, Soren must fight a ferocious foe who wears a terrifying metal beak, sharpened for battle. It's not until the confrontation is over that Soren discovers the true identity of his opponent. The metal beaked warrior is Soren's evil brother, Kludd.

Book 3

# 3 Rescue

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 March 2004

Book 4

The Siege

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 May 2004

Fourth title in a mythic adventure series in which the heroes are owls!

In the owl kingdom, a war between good and evil is raging. On one side, Soren and the noble owls of the Great Ga'hoole tree. On the other, Soren's fearsome brother Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his battle scars. Driven by an all-consuming lust for power, Kludd leads his forces in a brutal attack on the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.

Meanwhile, Soren is asked to lead a mission back to the one place he never wanted to see again - St Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. He and his crew will have to enter St Aggie's as spies, then leave without being noticed...or caught.

Soren escaped the rocky confines of St Aggie's once. If the Ga'Hoole tree is to be saved he must do it again...


Book 4

El asalto / The Siege

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 30 April 2012
La tensión se desencadena en el reino de los búhos cuando las tropas del Mal inician una ofensiva contra los defensores del Bien. Enfurecido por su enfrentamiento con Soren y arrastrado por la sed de poder que le consume, Kludd y su grupo, los Puros, se lanzan al ataque sobre el Arbol de Ga’Hoole. Los nobles búhos que allí habitan deben combatir con ferocidad para proteger su hogar y defender su honor.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A war breaks out in the owl kingdom when an evil group tries to take control of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Soren and the other Ga'Hoolian owls must fight to protect their tree and restore peace.

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 battle-scarred face. On the other side are the owls of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, who must fight to protect their legendary tree from Kludd's attacks.

Soren, his friends, and the other owls at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree enter into fierce combat against Kludd's forces. They win a major battle, but warfare will continue in Book #5.

Book 4

# 4 Siege

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 May 2004

Book 5

The Shattering

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 August 2004

Fifth title in a mythic adventure series in which the heroes are owls!

Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Just as Soren notices her trancelike state, the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger.

In the midst of war, Eglantine has unwittingly become a spy for Kludd, leader of the Pure Ones. Brainwashed, she is powerless to prevent Kludd's forces from infiltrating the Ga'Hoole tree - and so a deadly conflict begins...


Book 5

El Control

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 5 July 2011

Book 6

The Burning

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 November 2004
Sixth title in a mythic adventure series in which the heroes are owls! A great battle looms. In preparation, Soren and his band must fly to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to find allies and study the grim art of war. Meanwhile, St Aggie's has fallen to the Pure Ones. If they are not stopped, they will launch another more deadly attack against the great tree -- and without allies from the north, Ga'Hoole will surely fall. The coming conflagration will demand bravery and sacrifice from all the owls of the great tree. But from Soren and his friends, it will demand nothing less than heroism!

Book 6

Las Llamas / The Burning

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 30 April 2011

Book 6

# 6 Burning

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 March 2005

Book 7

The Hatchling

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 June 2005
Seventh title in a mythic adventure series in which the heroes are owls! The vicious Kludd is finally dead. But his mate Nyra is determined that her hatchling, Nyroc, will fulfill his father's destiny: the vicious oppression of all the owl kingdoms. Unfortunately for her but fortunately for others, Nyroc is a poor student of evil. A light grows in his heart, fed by scraps of forbidden legend -- a light which illuminates a place where goodness and nobility reign. Can he defy his mother, the very embodiment of evil, and find the tree of Ga'Hoole?

Book 8

Outcast

by Kathryn Lasky

Published 1 January 1989