Guardians of Ga'hoole #10: The Coming of Hoole

by Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

The latest soaring installment of Kathryn Lasky's NYT bestselling Ga'Hoole series

Grank raises the hatchling deep in a forest far from owls that would kill the royal chick named Hoole to end the kingly line. His mother comes to visit, in disguise, and departs again. Not even the chick must know his mother's identity. It would give him away as Hrath's heir. Sent by an evil warlord, a hagsfiend attempts to lure young Hoole away when he first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439795699
• ISBN13: 9780439795692
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Coming

It is a very good book, with fierce confict of the hagsfiends and owls, and very detailed. You can picture the scenes, the half-hags in their feathers, everything is very clear.

The Coming of Hoole

In this tenth installment of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, Soren and Coryn, this time joined by the rest of the Band, open the second of the three Legends of Ga'Hoole and read on. The ancient volume, titled The Coming of Hoole, picks up where The First Collier left off: the hatching of that noble prince, Hoole. Little Hoole starts out his life like any owlet: innocent, naive, and occasionally loud-mouthed. However, he knows nothing about his true identity, the heir of good King H'rath. Grank and Theo, his caretakers, know that the truth cannot be revealed to the young prince until it is safe to do so. For Hoole's protection, they continue to live in exile on an island in the Bitter Sea, far from owls that would kill the prince and end the kingly line. Meanwhile, the hagsfiend Ygryk and her haggish mate, the Great Horned Owl Pleek, crave Hoole more than ever to be their own chick since they can't have one themselves. So when Ygryk finds Hoole and tries to lure him away, Grank and Theo (along with their new friend Phineas) take him to Beyond the Beyond. Ultimately, Hoole will have to face off in battle against the hagsfiends and the traitorous Lord Arrin, and realize his destiny. Only then can he retrieve the Ember from the Sacred Volcanoes - and reclaim his father's throne. If you're a series fan, you won't want to miss The Coming of Hoole!

Coming of Hoole

The Coming of Hoole is about Hoole growing up to be a King. Grank feels overwhelmed at times at the immensity of his job. Theo does work around the hollow, including fetching dinner for Hoole. Queen Siv, as Hoole's mother, is desperate for Hoole, and despite her own and the other's caution, she flies to see her son. And tracking her is Ygryk, the evil hagsfiend. Hoole, meanwhile, is making meaningful discoveries on his own. Although this is not the best book in the world, it is a very good one, and it goes right up with the rest of the Ga'Hoole series. I liked the fact that you could see sides of the book from many different character's point of view - Ygryk, Theo, Hoole, Fengo, and many more. It gives the story more dimension.**** For those of you who like Soren's world better, Kathryn will get back to them soon. And there's a prologue and epilogue about Soren and the band in the beginning and end! ****spoiler warning**** However, that is a problem since Theo supposedly wrote the book. How did he know what the others thought if it wasn't fantasy? Aside from that, I liked hearing so many characters' thoughts.)

Guardians of Ga'hoole Book ten The Coming Of Hoole

I Think this book is my most favorite book in the series. I cried when the book ended. I always cry at the end of a book that is from Lasky but I cried more than any other Lasky books with this book. I love this book.