Guardians of Ga'hoole #8: The Outcast, Volume 8: The Outcast

by Kathryn Lasky

Book Overview

To prove his goodness, young Nyroc will renounce his name, his mother, and his inheritance to seek the holiest of relics from The Beyond the Beyond. Nyroc has exiled himself from the Pure Ones. He flies alone, feared and despised by those who know him as Kludd's son, hunted by those whose despotism he has rejected, and haunted by ghostly creatures conjured by Nyra to lure him back to the Pure Ones. He yearns for a place he only half believes in --...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439739519
• ISBN13: 9780439739511
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The Outcast Reviewed by Soren

Finally! The eagerly anticipated 8th installment in the best-selling Guardians of Ga'Hoole series! The Outcast, as all Guardians of Ga'Hoole fans would most certainly agree, was probably the most exciting and nerve-racking book so far. The tensiom between Coryn (once Nyroc) & Soren, his uncle? I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! This book includes many new phrases, which fans love to add to their vocabulary, like gnaw wolves, creelies, Sacred Ring, cheiftain, lochinvyrr, ect. Well, as most of you know, the series has been following a new character instead of Soren- Nyroc. Nyroc, son of Kludd & Nyra, is heir to the Pure Ones. Not the likely main character choice, eh? However, Nyraoc is, unlike his parents, very kind-hearted! The seventh book ends with him cursing his very father's scroom on the edge of a lake. This is where the Outcast picks up in it's Prologue. In this book, Nyroc changes his name to Coryn, which is Nyroc backwards. It also sounds a lot like Soren. The main point of these 2 books is the tension between an outcast and a guardian, and how they cannot meet eachother, for one is not welcome, and the other one doesn't know the other exists. Coryn, being a shadow king, is not welcome at the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, where his uncle, Soren, lives. To be accepted in the Great Tree, Coryn must retrieve the Ember of Hoole hidden deep within one of the volcanoes of the Sacred Ring, where noble King Hoole hid it 1,000 years ago. If Coryn succeeds, then that means he is the heir of Hoole and that he is king of Ga'Hoole. If Coryn gets the Ember, then he can meet his uncle. Read this book!!! It will be worth everything!!! Trust me!

Gardians of Ga'Hoole-Books 1-8

The Gardians Of Ga'Hoole books one through eight are the best series of books that I've ever read. And I've read ALOT of books in the last 11 years of my life. These books really touch your heart. This is my second time reading the series. I'm always trying to get my freinds into reading them. Anybody can relate to these books. I really hope that you read them.

Nyroc's Quest

I am a fan of the series, so i really liked the book.I thought the book was even better at the end when Nyroc "Completes" his "Quest".I was very much surprised, the book took an unexpected turn at the end.this was a compelling novel and i can not wait to see what happens next!I still am disappointed though,...(You'll know what i mean if you have read the book!)overall the book was great and i would reccomend it, but i would suggest reading the other books first. Graet Book!

Nyroc's monumental journey to create a new life for himself

Nyroc is on the run. Determined to have nothing more to do with his evil and often bloodthirsty mother Nyra, Nyroc wants to have a new life --- one in which he is no longer looked upon as being the son of Nyra and Kludd, but is accepted and liked for who he is. More than anything he wishes he could join the owls who live on the Island of Ga'Hoole. His uncle Soren is one of them, and Nyroc sorely wishes to meet this brave owl. He knows though that he cannot attempt to go to the island until the time is right. In his gizzard, in his heart, Nyroc knows that there is something that he has to do before he can join Soren --- and the answer lies in the land of the outcasts, in The Beyond the Beyond. Guided by Mist, the strange, wise and loving owl who seems to live between worlds, and by other creatures whom he meets on the way, Nyroc begins his monumental journey. In the process the young owl changes his name to Coryn and sets about doing all he can to create a new life for himself. In the background there is always that connection he cannot help feeling exists between himself and that greatest of owls, Hoole himself. Somehow Coryn is connected to the past and somehow that past will help him find a future. With his courage, kind heart, and special powers over fire to help him, Coryn faces great hardship and many trials. Just as we followed the adventures of his uncle Soren, so too do we fly on the wings of this young owl who is trying to find his way in a world full of danger, betrayal, self-discovery, old legends, and magic. --- Reviewed by Marya Jansen-Gruber, Editor of Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Review (http://www.lookingglassreview.com) [...]

Another great book in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole family!

This book was really great! The plot was well focused, and a lot of the characters grew and developed. It, of course, was focused on destiny, and this is the book where Nyroc, now named Coryn, finally fufills part of that magnificent destiny. Nyroc, rejected by the Pure Ones and by even the peacable owls, is an outcast, flying alone and thinking of all that has happened. But in Ambala he meets up with an old friend of Soren, and with his free will goes to a lawless place- Beyond the Beyond- where he believes his destiny will come true. However, when Coryn saves an egg for a family of Burrowing Owls, he isn't as sure of what that destiny is. When he reaches the Beyond, he meets a "gnaw wolf" in a pack of dire wolves. This wolf has a lame leg and as the tradition of the pack remains, he must go to the Sacred Volcanoes where the Ember of Hoole lies, waiting for the new king. Meanwhile, Otulissa meets Gwyndor in the Beyond, and they together find Nyroc. Otulissa believes Coryn is the true heir of Hoole and teaches him basic colliering (which Coryn is awesome at). Little does Coryn know that his mother is coming for him, and is recruiting desperate dire wolves for her army. And at a crucial moment, it becomes a race for the Ember within one of the volcanoes and a new king must emerge- or die trying. Like I said, this book was T3H 00B3R3ST. It is definitely worth your read and we get to actually hear upon how Soren is! Yay! I really loved the depth in it and it was rather beautiful. Kathryn Lasky did a good job and deserves several pats on the back! Another great book in the Guardians of Ga'Hoole!