The Coming of Hoole, Kathryn Lasky
The Coming of Hoole, Kathryn Lasky
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The Coming of Hoole
Guardians of GaHoole, Book 10

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Pamela Garelick

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/11/2011


Synopsis

A tale of chaos, betrayal, and nachtmagen unfolds in the second of three ancient legends. It is no idle history, for hidden in its pages are the truths about the great promiseand great dangerthat lies just ahead for the Guardians. And so Soren, Coryn, and the members of the Band read on: A grizzled collier will tend a young prince in exile. An owl who would be monk will don battle claws. A mother who is also a queen will raise an army. And under the shower of embers in the shadow of the Sacred Volcanoes, a king will be bornor die.

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 Carmen on July 17, 2008

Gotta read the others to get this one. I miss Soren.......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on April 10, 2024

I absolutely love this story! This series is so full of love, courage, friendship, creativity and bravery.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on June 23, 2022

I'm not a massive fan of the side stories, I think they're an excuse to set up for Lasky's Wolves Beyond series. I just want to get back to Soren and the gang. It was cool to find out how the tree became Ga'Hoole though.......more

Goodreads review by AziaMinor on April 21, 2025

Overall Rating : B+ "...the young Hoole will be tempered and wrought into a king!"......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on March 08, 2011

The second Legend of Ga’Hoole unfolds, beginning with the birth of prince Hoole, who is destined to fight a war against hagsfiends (hagsfiend = crowl, crowl= crow + owl) and their nachtmagen (evil magic, but not dark magic, owls like the dark). This is but a brief glimpse into The Coming of Hoole b......more