Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger go in search the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds. Soren and his band of owls are seeking help to fight the evil they discovered at St. Aggie's and possibly something much worse. After a harrowing journey, they reach the Great Ga'Hoole Tree are taken in by the Ga'Hoolian elders. Soren finds, and then loses, a great mentor. But will he ever uncover what became of his beloved little sister?

Paperback: 256 Pages

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 is up to Soren to discover the shocking true identity of his horrific opponent.

Paperback: 208 Pages

From Kidsreads.com:
"Lasky has given her owls a depth of personality that is fascinating and captivating. She also leaves us with enough questions unanswered that we are left hanging, wanting more."

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 who will win the war?

Paperback: 224 Pages

In the midst of war, Eglantine unwittingly becomes a spy for Kludd, leader of the Pure Ones. She is brainwashed by an owl sent by the Pure Ones to infiltrate the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Her odd behavior eventually attracts attention, and Soren and his friends vow to find out what's wrong with Eglantine. Kludd continues to battle against the Guardians of Ga'Hoole for control of their tree. Will Soren and the band be able to help Eglantine reverse the effects of the brainwashing?

Paperback: 192 Pages

From a young reader:
"This was the best book in the series yet! I learned a lot about owls. It was really creative and it should win an award. If you want to read a good book, read it!"

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 its resources are being used by the Pure Ones 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 join forces with the brutal Skench and Sporn and the scattered remnants of St. Aggies. A great battle looms on the horizon.

Paperback: 224 Pages

Kludd is dead. Nyra, his mate, is determined that her hatchling, Nyroc, will fulfill his father's destiny: the vicious oppression of all the owl kingdoms. But Nyroc is a poor student of evil. A light grows in his heart, fed by scraps of forbidden legend and strange news of a place where goodness and nobility reign. He must summon all his courage to defy his destiny—and the embodiment of evil that is his mother.

Paperback: 240 Pages

From Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review:
"Kathryn Lasky has made this one of her most powerful books in the Ga'Hoole series. The reader is shown how easy it is to influence others and control what they think and how they behave. At the same time, she shows us how a strong character can turn away from a life that is unacceptable, even if the price to do so is very high."

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #11: To Be a King

Nachtmagen rages through the N’ythghar as hagfiends and traitorous lords conspire to defeat the new king. With Grank and Theo at his side Hoole must forge an army of free owls strong enough to defeat the forces of darkness massing on the horizon. The power of the one Ember fires the young king’s very gizzard and he grows great. But for young Hoole there is a danger much closer than treacherous lords and the poison of half-hags. For magic—even good magic—brings great peril to those who would wield it.

Paperback: 224 Pages

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #12: The Golden Tree

Soren and the Band are back! Coryn has retrieved the ember and it seems a golden age is dawning at the Great Tree. But all that is golden is not necessarily good. Soren, Twilight, Gyfie and Digger face their biggest challenge yet as the young king, haunted by the suspicion that haggish blood flows in his veins, hunts for the truth. His wanderings imperil himself and the good guardians who travel with him.

Meanwhile back at the Great Tree the influence of the ember is strong—and strange. The tree changes, as do the guardians left to govern in the young king’s absense. Otulissa alone objects to the strange new ways and her outspokenness put her in grave danger. Someone must get word to Soren and the Band. But who??

Paperback: 208 Pages

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #13: The River of Wind

As the tree shakes off its gaudy golden glow and recovers its natural majesty, an ancient map fragment is unearthed. It reveals that there are not five owl kingdoms, as has been thought since time immemorial, but six. Following the map and riding on a river of wind, Coryn and the Chaw of Chaws discover a landscape of perpetual winter and serene, learned owls the like of which no one has ever before seen. Meanwhile, young Guardians Primrose and Eglantine are journeying through the known kingdoms. Far from home, they uncover a plot by 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 themselves to warn Coryn and the others of the attack. Once again the battle is joined, but will a handful of Guardians and peace-loving monks be a match for the Pure Ones bent on murder?

Paperback: 224 Pages

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #14: Exile

The Striga, former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea, has come to stay at the great tree. He has earned the trust of all by saving Bell, Soren's owlet, from Nyra, and he grows daily closer to the young king Coryn, with whom he seems to share a strange bond. The Striga senses the power of the ember hidden in Bubo's forge and draws it closer. As his power waxes, he accuses the Band of treason and produces flimsy evidence to support his abominable claim. And so the Band is exiled, strengthening the Striga's hold over Coryn. The Band seeks refuge in distant forests and enlists the help of old friends, but every action they take is construed as further treason, and agents of the Striga—former Guardians—hunt them mercilessly, until, for safety sake the band itself, they must separate. Old friends, loyal family and allies help devise a plan to shake the hold the Striga has on Coryn and to free the young king and the tree from this new, insidious tyranny. It will take courage, daring and wisdom, but the Band will meet the new challenge—for the sake of the king, and the Great Ga'Hoole Tree.

Paperback: 224 Pages

Guardians of Ga'Hoole #15: War of the Ember
(Coming November 2008)

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.

When word of this growing malevolence reaches Coryn, Soren, and the Band, the young king knows he must do two things: first, he must return the ember to the Sacred Volcanoes, for the same subtle emanation from the Ember of Hoole that stimulates the quest for knowledge and invention at the great tree, also magnifies the powers of those who seek to destroy it and all for which it stands. Second, he must gather allies. Two armies grow. Gadfeathers, bears, dire wolves, and greenowls join with the Guardians, while on the other side ancient evil takes to the sky.

Paperback: 256 Pages

Guardians of Ga'Hoole: A Guide Book to the Great Tree

Studious by nature, fortunate to have been present at the most glorious moments in the tree's recent history, and above all, honored to count as friends its most ardent champions, I, Otulissa, have decided to write a compendium, a catchall—a guide, in short—to the history, life, and spirit of the tree. Pause a moment before the next adventure begins to read of its natural history, its origin, and yearly changes. Read of its lesser-known heroes: of Strix Sturma, before she became a ryb; of the brothers Ifghar and Ezylryb and the treachery that bound them; of Theo, the peaceful warrior. Many are the adventures still unsung, and many the brave deeds unheralded! Read of ages lost and dark; of strange ailments infecting the tree itself. Learn the feasts and holidays celebrated under moon and sun. Dear reader, though you be distant from the Great Tree, lift this tome to your eyes and learn what it is to be a Guardian!

Paperback: 168 Pages

Get an exclusive sneak peek now!