The Golden Tree, Kathryn Lasky
The Golden Tree, Kathryn Lasky
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The Golden Tree

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Pamela Garelick

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2013


Synopsis

After the time of the legends, the tale of the Guardians returns to the present in which Soren, the hero of books 16 in theNew York Timesbestselling Guardians of GaHoole series, must train a new king. Get ready for old friends and new adventures! Coryn, Soren, and the Band preside over a new golden age of the Great Tree under the subtle influence of the ember. All seems well, but beneath the prosperity of peace, Coryn is tortured by the suspicion that his evil mother, Nyra, is a hagsfiend and that his own blood carries the haggish taint. He wanders afar, searching for the truth from hagsfiends themselvesputting the Great Tree in danger. Soren and the Band follow their new king to strange parts to guard him from the consequences of his obsession.

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 AziaMinor on May 07, 2025

Overall Rating : B Blood hardly defines one's character. We are made by our actions, not our blood."......more

Goodreads review by Megan on October 23, 2018

I cannot believe this book about owls was secretly about religious extremism......more

Goodreads review by Aparajitabasu on January 23, 2011

Book 12, The Golden Tree may as well be the best book of the whole series, although 15 books is stretching my interest. After the mid-mini series of the Legends Triology the Band finally makes a comeback, and Coryn is getting used to being King. Soren's chicks also hatch, though I was disappointed th......more

Goodreads review by Xenia on February 27, 2023

Nachdem die letzten drei Bücher von den alten Legenden handelten, war Der Zauber genau das worauf ich gewartet hatte. Endlich ging die Geschichte rund um die Viererbande weiter.......more

Goodreads review by Jaida on April 24, 2024

a great lesson when it comes to worshiping idols. This showed how dangerous idol worshiping can be to ones one mind.......more