Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Guardians of Ga'hoole: The Outcast by Kathryn Lasky - Bobbie-Lee Gover 8WE

Guardians of Ga'hoole: The Outcast was the eighth book of the series and it sounded great. I had read a little in a sneak preview in a previous book, and I was dying to read more. 

It is set in future where humans are extinct, and owls write books and fight with metal and fire. It follows the story of a young Barn Owl, Coryn, hunted by his creul mother, Nyra, and her army, 'The Pure Ones'. He is sent on a quest to a wasteland of direwolves and outcasts like himself - and he has to retrieve a magical coal, 'The Ember of Hoole' from a Volcano to ever be accepted into a Great Tree full of noble owls in the middle of the sea. It is a mixture of emotions as his friends die for him but he is finally accepted by other owls and when he reaches the tree in the end, and made king. 

My favourite part was when Coryn dove into the Volcano for the ember. It was cleverly described and he deserved it after all he had been through. 

I enjoyed it very much. It was brilliant, and I would reccomend it but you would have to start from the first book to fully understand it.

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