| The Burning (Guardians of Ga'hoole, Book 6) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 155260
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0439405629
EAN: 9780439405621
ASIN: 0439405629
Publication Date: November 1, 2004
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 You gotta read this! May 13, 2007
If you like action and excitement, The Burning by Kathryn Lasky is the book for you. This fiction book is about an owl named Soren. Soren and his friends Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger are sent to imaginary lands called the Northern and Southern Kingdoms. They are sent to learn about war and fight with swords made out of ice. Then they will be ready to fight an evil group of owls called the Pure Ones. But the Pure Ones have more owns on their side. It takes place during the day and night. Soren is bold and courageous and Gylfie is sweet and tenderhearted. Twilight is bold and boastful and Digger is brave and nervous. My favorite character is Soren because hs holds the band together.
I would feel like Soren because I wouldn't want to kill my own brother. My connection is text-to-text because the Pure Ones have more owls and better weapons, and in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the witch had more people on her side.
I recommend this book because I like animals, action, and battles. My favorite part was when Soren battled Kludd. If I could change something I would like Kludd's mate, Nyra, to be killed in battle with kludd. You would have to like battles, owls, and action to like this book, but try it - you might like it! This book is suitable for ages eight and up.
Phenomenal book February 27, 2007
"The Burning." Sixth in its series. It all starts out when Ezrylyb sends Soren and his band to search for Ezrylyb's old friends that helped him in the war of the ice claws. They find them and they bring them back to help them fight in a war against the evil pure ones. I love this book and I want to read the whole series.
 Quit While You're Ahead, Lasky! March 6, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ever since the third book of the series, Kathryn Lasky has started to make up random plots in the Guardians of the Ga'Hoole books. She takes things like The Others, shattering, stone stunning, and a whole host of owl words and puts them in various books of her series. They're not well written, and its pretty obvious that she's making them up as she goes along. She never uses the ideas again, and the books don't flow.
Still, that doesn't stop tons of younger readers from devouring her books and ignoring her mistakes. I can't do that, but I still have every one of this series. No matter how badly written and random they are, the ideas are amazingly imaginative, and each story is full of action, enough to keep most reading to the end.
Now, onto The Burning itself. In my opinion, it's the best since the second book, The Journey. Lasky finally gets back on track. It's from her main character, Soren the Barn Owl's perspective, like it should be. The previous book, The Shattering, comes from his sister Eglantine's point of view, which makes no sense, and the book itself has basically no impact on the actual overall plot of the series until the last chapter, which really could have been put ito the beginning of the Burning and saved us all the trouble of struggling through The Shattering in the first place.
In this book, Lasky shows her greatest strength, creating a new kingdom for her owl charcters, the Northern Kingdoms. She introduces new owl customs and ways of fighting, which are all great and interesting. Though, as usual, her old characters appear with slightly different personalities than the book before, you can ignore that and still enjoy the story. The ending is moving and has a few surprises, even if it's predictable, simply because that's how Soren's story has to end. I enjoyed The Burning immensely, and I've read it more than once.
The series should have ended here. I don't think that Lasky has any real plan as to what she's trying to end it with anymore, because I know of four more books out or being printed after this one, and each one is more obscure than the last. I think that it's too bad that a serie that started so well ended up on such uneven ground. Quit the series while you've still got fans, Lasky!
The Excitement Continues! January 30, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The storyline in Book Six, The Burning, is exciting from the very beginning. The plot climaxes with an ending that is sure to please any fan of the series. When I finished the book, I felt that the series could have ended with Book Six as the final installment.
One of the BEST books I have ever read November 18, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The owls of the G'hoole Tree rise up each night to preform noble deeds. The 'Chaw of Chaws' includes Soren Gylfie, Twilight, Digger, Outilissa, Martin, Ruby, and Eglantine. Soren is the band's leader, Eglantine is his sister, Gylfie is Soren's best friend, Digger is a deep thinker, and the rest are really good friends. Their task is to fly to the Northern Kingdoms to learn how to fight with ice daggers, swords made of ice. These owls also have to find allies for a war against the Pure Ones. The Pure Ones are very evil owls that are trying to take over the kingdom of owls. Will the owls of the G'hoole Tree win the war? You will have to read this exciting and suspense filled book to find out. But before you read the Burning, which is the sixth in the series, you have to read books 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This whole series is one of the best series I have ever read.
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