Kathryn Lasky
41) The searchers
Author
Series
Secret of Glendunny volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When swan Elsinore, the beavers' beloved mother figure, is kidnapped by dark forces, Dunwattle and Locksley set out to find her, but little do they know, they have a much larger expedition in store when they discover other persecuted animals being held against their will for nefarious purposes.
Author
Series
Tangled in time volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
For fans of the Royal Diaries series and of Gail Carson Levine, here is the second adventure in a middle grade time travel series from Newbery Honor-winning Kathryn Lasky! In book 2, newly orphaned Rose finds herself time-traveling between present day and the court of the two most memorable English princesses in history.
43) Light on bone
Author
Series
Georgia O'Keeffe mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Kathryn Lasky has written an exciting new adult amateur sleuth mystery set in New Mexico in the 1930s. The sleuth is Georgia O'Keefe, who actually did suffer a nervous breakdown in 1933 when her husband Alfred Stieglitz had a somewhat public affair, was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment, and then traveled to the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico to paint. O'Keefe was approaching the peak of her fame and success, having just sold a painting for a record...
45) More than magic
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Ryder always thought something special would happen when she turned eleven, and this year she misses her mom, who died several years ago, more than ever. Ryder's parents created a cartoon show featuring an eleven year old hero named Rory. Then on Ryder's eleventh birthday, Rory steps out of the screen--Rory needs help!"--
46) The extra
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Lilo was sure she was going to be sent to a work camp but she was chose to be an extra in a film. The conditions there were terrible; they are barely fed, closely guarded and locked in a barn when they are not working. It was a matter of survival for Lilo.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
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...
48) Lone wolf
Author
Series
Wolves of the Beyond volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom.
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 6
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
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 battle against the sinister Pure Ones. Meanwhile, in the Southern Kingdoms, St. Aggies has fallen to the Pure Ones and they are using its resources to plan a final invasion of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. With the future of all Owldom in the balance, the parliament of Ga'Hoole must decide whether or not to...
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 11
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In this next adventure, Hoole reclaims the throne of his father and goes on to wage a war against the forces of chaos, greed, and oppression led by the powerful warlord-tyrants. Grank, the first collier, uses his skills with fire and metals to forge weapons for battle. With great trepidation, Hoole uses the power of the ember in the final, decisive battle and wins. At the dawn of a new era of peace, Hoole searches for the ideal place to establish...
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The second book in this enchanting series continues this classic hero mythology about the battle between good and evil and chronicles Soren’s quest for nobility. It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom. The journey is long and harrowing....
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 1
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to change Soren’s life forever. Soren is captured and taken to a dark and forbidding canyon where there is a mysterious school. It’s called an orphanage, but Soren believes it’s something far worse. He and his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that the orphanage is actually a training camp....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Soren’s beloved mentor, Ezylryb, is finally back at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There’s a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. On one side is a group led by Soren’s fearsome brother, Kludd, who wears a terrifying metal mask to cover his battle-scarred face. On the other side are the owls of the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, who must fight to protect their legendary tree from Kludd’s attacks. Soren, his friends, and the...
Author
Series
Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 8
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Nyroc has exiled himself from the Pure Ones, and flies alone. To prove his worth, Nyroc will fly to Beyond the Beyond to seek a legendary relic as a talisman of his own.
58) Star rise
Author
Series
Horses of the dawn volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As the filly Estrella leads her herd north to good grass and water, the stallion Hold On, blinded in the canyon fire, is found by the human boy Tijo, who has an ability to understand horses that sets him apart from other humans--but when Hold On and Tijo catch up with the herd, Estrella must decide whether or not the horses should accept this boy or drive him away.
Author
Series
Bears of the ice volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
It is a time of trouble in the Northern Kingdoms because a group of power-hungry polar bears called Roguers has been snatching cubs from their mothers and killing those who resist; but Svenna is not about to relinquish her two cubs to that fate, so she agrees to go with the Roguers and serve Mystress of the Hands if her cubs, who have special powers, are allowed to stay with her cousin--but nobody is truly safe when a way of life is collapsing around...
60) The escape
Author
Series
Horses of the dawn volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.