Guardians of GaHoole, Book Eight, Kathryn Lasky
Guardians of GaHoole, Book Eight, Kathryn Lasky
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Guardians of GaHoole, Book Eight
The Outcast

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Pamela Garelick

Unabridged: 4 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Nyroc has exiled himself from the Pure Ones. He flies alone, feared and despised by those who know him as Kludd's son, hunted by those whose despotism he has rejected, and haunted by ghostly creatures conjured by Nyra to lure him back to the Pure Ones. He yearns for a place he only half believes inthe great treeand an unclethe nearmythic Sorenwho might be a true father to him. Yet he cannot approach the tree while the rumor of evil still clings to him. To prove his worth, Nyroc will fly to The Beyond the Beyond to seek the legendary Relic as a talisman of his own.

About Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky is the award winning author of many children's books as well as several adult novels including Night Gardening and the Calista Jacobs mystery series. Her best selling series The Guardians of Ga'Hoole was made into a Warner Brothers movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. She is the recipient of a Newbery Honor award and twice winner of the National Jewish Book Award, as well as recognition from Amnesty International for her novel The Extra. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mr. Graham on February 26, 2011

The Outcast seems to be the conclusion of an eight-book tale. In the fashion of Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Prydain, the true king has taken his place on the throne after an epic story of quests and wars where good triumphs over evil, with the blood of the martyrs spilled in every corne......more

Goodreads review by Megan on August 16, 2018

This series is the most 12-year-old thing I have ever seen, by which I mean there are so many things that appeal to 12-year-olds, and that was BEFORE they added the wolves......more

Goodreads review by Liz on September 11, 2016

The Hatchling and The Outcast are my favorites so far. They are stories of greatest character and great redemption. I get mushy eyes reading these.......more

Goodreads review by Annette on July 22, 2018

Review by James, age 9. The main character of this book is Nyroc, not Soren who was the main character of all the books before it. Nyroc later renames himself Coryn, because he hates his old name. It is the name given to all owlets born under the full moon. Being born under the full moon gives them......more

Goodreads review by Logan on October 15, 2019

I enjoyed hearing more of Nyroc's (Coryn's) story. I also was very excited to learn more about the Beyond The Beyond as I had been waiting to hear about it after looking at the map in the front of book 3! also I absolutely love the dire wolf clans! this is a great series and the next two books just......more

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