To Be a King, Kathryn Lasky
To Be a King, Kathryn Lasky
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To Be a King

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Pamela Garelick

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2013

Synopsis

The eleventh title in theNew York Timesbestselling Guardians of GaHooleseries brings Hoole to kingship and the legends to fulfillment, signaling a return to the adventures of Coryn, Soren, and the Band. In this next adventure, Hoole reclaims the throne of his father and goes on to wage a war against the forces of chaos, greed, and oppression led by the powerful warlord-tyrants. Grank, the first collier, uses his skills with fire and metals to forge weapons for battle. With great trepidation, Hoole uses the power of the ember in the final, decisive battle and wins. At the dawn of a new era of peace, Hoole searches for the ideal place to establish not a kingdom but an order of free owlsand finds the Great Tree.

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 Megan on October 20, 2018

The Lutta plotline is one of the most fucked-up things I have ever read......more

Goodreads review by King on September 11, 2013

Wonderful. It is the conclusion of the legends. Hoole must now mass an army of all types of creatures to defeat this nachtmagen (evil magic) once in for all. It is very inspirational, heroic, adventurous and of course, sad. But that's the nature of war. What I really like is the strength of the char......more

Goodreads review by AziaMinor on April 25, 2025

Overall Rating : B+ "Evil may cloak itself as good, and good can sometimes appear to be evil. They know each other's ways."......more

Goodreads review by Emma on November 23, 2020

Honestly, it was a well written book and I like it a lot, but the ending felt rushed. And well, that last part about Lutta? That broke my heart. In some ways, it was good it didn't end up with her saving everyone and finding love with Hoole. But she was merely a victim and she deserved redemption.......more

Goodreads review by Anniesse on August 07, 2007

Really the whole set. My nephew started me on these when I was recovering from surgery and staying at his house so they could watch over me. I read his 8, sent them to the bookstore for book 9, have since read book 10. I see I am behind again. I think these are among the best children's books and th......more

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