Kathryn Lasky
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Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while mostra altro she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Kathryn Lasky
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (1996) 2,687 copie
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (1998) 1,512 copie
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 (2001) 840 copie
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 (2002) 699 copie
Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue,… (2020) 5 copie
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Books #1-12) Capture, Journey; Rescue; Seige; Burning; Hatchling; Outcast... (2008) 2 copie
AS ULTIMAS GAROTAS DE COMPEIA 1 copia
Guardians of Ga'Hoole series 1 copia
The Siege [PB,2004] 1 copia
Mortal Wounds 1 copia
Guardians of Ga'hoole #3( The Rescue)[GUARDIANS OF GAHOOLE BK03 GUAR][Mass Market Paperback] 1 copia
O Resgate 1 copia
Der Clan der Wölfe 1/2/3: Der Clan der Wölfe: Donnerherz / Schattenkrieger / Feuerwächter (2015) 1 copia
Guardians of Ga'Hoole 1 copia
My America: Home At Last 1 copia
My America: Hope in My Heart 1 copia
A Viagem 1 copia
O Cerco 1 copia
La ragazza che spiava Hitler 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Knight, Kathryn Lasky
- Altri nomi
- Swann, E. L.
- Data di nascita
- 1944-06-24
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Michigan (English)
- Attività lavorative
- children's book author
- Relazioni
- Knight, Christopher (husband)
- Breve biografia
- Kathryn Lasky is a Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'hoole fantasy series about owls.
Utenti
Discussioni
Fiction story with plot about girl living her ancestors memories in Name that Book (Aprile 2013)
Born to Rule in Read YA Lit (Luglio 2011)
Recensioni
Liste
Dance! (1)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 210
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 48,308
- Popolarità
- #325
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 767
- ISBN
- 1,386
- Lingue
- 13
- Preferito da
- 16
Good light, Soren and Gylfie, Twilight said
Good light, Twilight, Soren, and Gylfie both said together.’ (p. 183)
The first book of the series Guardian of Ga’Hoole, tells the adventures of Soren, a barn owl.
The Capture could be subdivided in three parts:
the first one tells about Soren and his family, living happily in a nest. The most important event is the birth of Eglantine, Soren’s sister.
The second part tells a dramatic event: Soren is pushed out of the nest by Kludd, his brother. Follows Soren’s capture by a patrol of the evil owls from the St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls.
Living in St. Aggie’s is terrible: most of the time is spent forgetting the past life, and every owl has to learn his new name: a number. A mystery surrounds St. Aggie: owls have to pick up tiny particles (flecks) so the Academy gain power and control over all owls’ world.
At St. Aegolius Academy Soren meets enemies and friends: Gylfie, a female elf owl (one of the smallest owl) befriend Soren and together they learn to fly.
‘... this is not humble, this is where owls belong - high near the wind, near the sky, close to the heartbeat of the night.’ (p. 117)
The third part tells about Soren’s and Gylfie’s escape from St. Aggie: flying toward nowhere they meet Twilight, a great grey owl and they also meet Digger, a burrowing owl.
The first and third part are the best ones of The Capture: at the beginning we know about owls’ world, and it is not strange for the readers to learn that they read the psalms.
When Soren, and Gylfie, become free from St. Aggie they fly toward some sad news about their parents, but also no one stop them to seek the truth about the legend of Ga’Hoole so to protect the world from the evil.
The second part reminds about other brainwashing’s camps ...
‘- But where is it you’re going? he asked
- To the Great Ga’Hoole Tree.
- What? said Digger, but before Twilight could answer, Streak (an eagle) broke in,
- I’ve heard of that place, but isn’t it just a story, a legend?
- To some it might be, Twilight said, and blinked at the eagle.
- But not to owls, thought Soren. To owls, he thought, it is a real place.’ (p. 215-6)
‘And, indeed, Soren knew still another true:
Legends were not only for the desperate.
Legends were for the brave.’ (p. 218)
Soren: Barn Owls (Tyto Alba), (Barbagianni): it is widely distributed in the world; it measures 10–18 inch in overall length, with a wingspan of 30–43 inch.
Twilight: Great Gray Owls (Strix nebulosa), (Allocco di Lapponia): they belong to the Wood Owls group; are residents of Canada and Alaska; It is the largest owl species with a wingspan of 5-foot.
Gylfie: Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi), (Civetta?): is the smallest owl, only 5.5-inch.
Digger: Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia), (Civetta delle tane): they nest in burrows.
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