The First Collier - Kathryn Lasky (Paperback)

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Barcode: 9780439795685

Department: Books

Released: 1 Apr 2006

Supply Source: UK

Book

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Edition: Reprint

Series: Guardians of Ga'hoole

Language: English

Number of Pages: 179

Dimensions: 191 x 133 x 19mm (136g)

Annotation

When Ezylryb tells Soren and Coryn to read the legends of Ga'Hoole hidden in his library, they find a world of treachery and magic in which the rulers struggle to keep peace.

Summary

It is a time of Legends and a time of chaos. Warlords vie for power and marauding outlaws roam the land. Good King Hrath and his queen, Siv, noble Spotted Owls struggle to keep peace in their kingdom. Grank, noble Spotted Owl, friend and supporter of King Hrath, has exiled himself to Beyond the Beyond, where he has developed his firesight and learns how to work with embers, fire and how to forge metals. He is the First Collier. Deep in a volcano in the farthest reaches of Beyond the Beyond, he discovers a magical Ember but fears its awful powers will be misused and hides it again. (continued)

Juvenile Fiction

General Subject: Juvenile Grades 4-6 Ages 9-11

BISAC Subject 1: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic

BIC Classification 1: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)

Library Subject 1: Owls; Fiction.

Library Subject 2: Fantasy.

Library Subject 3: Legends

Academic Subject 1: Children's Fiction / Fantasy

Dewey Classification: [Fic]

Author Bio

Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series and the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as A Time for Courage and other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed historical fiction titles, such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.