Kathryn Lasky
1) Star wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The Ring of Sacred Volcanoes has been destroyed and Faolan is leading his small band of wolves across the ice bridge to the hoped for safety of the Distant Blue--but his old enemy Heep is pursuing him and the icy path ahead is filled with danger.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume Prequel
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this prequel, Ezylryb the Screech owl recounts the story of his life in the Northern Kingdoms--his rise through the ranks of the Killian Army, his brother's betrayal, and his friendship with Octavia the snake, to finally become a Guardian of Ga'Hoole.
3) The extra
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Is the chance to serve as an extra for Hitler's favorite filmmaker a chance at life -- or a detour on the path to inevitable extermination? In this chilling but ultimately uplifting novel, Kathryn Lasky imagines the lives of the Gypsies who worked as extras for the real Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, giving readers a story of survival unlike any other.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Description
This box set contains the first three books by Kathryn Lasky, which are the basis of the animated movie, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.
The Capture, Book One. Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, and Soren is captured and imprisoned in a dark canyon where there is a mysterious school. It's called an orphanage, but Soren believes it's something far
...5) Shadow wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After earning the right to return to the wolf pack that abandoned him, the exiled Faolan joins the clan as a lowly "gnaw wolf," but his goal of rising in the pack order is threatened when a jealous rival frames him for an unspeakable crime.
6) Porkenstein
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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Description
Lonely after his two brothers are eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, Dr. Smart Pig invents a wolf-proof friend to keep him company on Halloween.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Mogul Empire.
8) Watch wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Faolan, poised to take his place as a member of the revered Wolves of the Watch, may be the only one who can stop Dunbar MacHeath and his clan from provoking a war between the Watch and the bears.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger."--
10) Frost wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a terrible danger threatens the wolves of the Beyond, outsider Faolan must take a leadership role and inspire the pack to stand together.
11) The burning
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Soren and his band must fly to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to find allies against the Pure Ones who are about to launch another deadly attack against the great tree. The Grand Battle begins with the search for allies in the Northern Kingdoms and ends in The Burning that will change all Owldom forever. Soren and his band are sent to the mysterious Northern Kingdoms to gather allies and learn the art of war in preparation for the coming cataclysmic...
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Soren and Coryn read the ancient legends of Ga'Hoole in order to find a way to prevent the victory of evil in their present world.
14) The golden tree
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The golden age which is expected from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree turns gradually worse as the owls' young king hunts for the truth about his ancestry.
15) Lone wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
Abandoned by his pack, a baby wolf with a mysterious mark on his deformed paw survives and embarks on a journey that will change the world of the wolves of the Beyond.
16) Spirit wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When earthquakes and erupting volcanoes strike the Beyond, Faolan and the other surviving wolves must head for the Distant Blue, where they hope to find a new home.
17) A journey to the New World: the diary of Remember Patience Whipple : Mayflower/Plimoth Colony, 1620
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health.
19) The capture
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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The reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned owls, St. Aggie's. When Soren arrives at St. Aggie's, he suspects there is more to the school than meets the eye. He and his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually...
Author
Series
The Deadlies volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Buster, a walnut orb weaving spider, enlists the help of Jo Beth, one of a family of poisonous but friendly brown recluse spiders, to help stop humans who are stealing from the rare books room of the Boston Public Library, where the spiders live.