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The Rise of a Legend

The Rise of a Legend( 2 customer ratings | )
Author: Lasky, Kathryn
Series title:Guardians of Ga'hoole Ser.
ISBN:978-0-545-50979-4
Publication Date:Apr 2015
Publisher:Scholastic, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $6.99
Book Description:

Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky takes flight once more with a new Guardians of Ga'Hoole novel - now in paperback!An owlet hatches out onto Stormfast Island and into a world torn by war. For one hundred years, his people have fought off enemy owls from the Ice Talons, but the tide has turned. An invasion is coming, one the Kielian League won't have the strength to resist. Soon the tyrant owl Bylyric will rule over everything, and no honorable owl will be safe. Only the small owl...
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Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Birds
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.238 x 7.586 x 0.693 Inches
Book Weight:0.45 Pounds
Author Biography
Lasky, Kathryn (Author)
Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while she was teaching.

She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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