| The Coming of Hoole (Guardians of Ga'hoole, Book 10) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic
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Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0439795699
EAN: 9780439795692
ASIN: 0439795699
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Gahoole Series November 5, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My youngest Daughter initially purchased Book 1 of this series from a book order form from school. Once she had read it, I happened to look at it and started reading the story as it seemed interesting. We both became "hooked" to the story. I came on line to AMAZON & found out it was a series with 3 more books already released. I immediately ordered the the books. Once they arrived we both read them individually within a week. We did discuss the stories.
For the remainder of the books, I have preordered them so that we would have them as soon as released. Intriguing reading for 10-14 year olds. An interesting presentation of "Good vs Evil".
The Coming August 3, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
It is a very good book, with fierce confict of the hagsfiends and owls, and very detailed. You can picture the scenes, the half-hags in their feathers, everything is very clear.
The Coming of Hoole July 16, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In this tenth installment of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, Soren and Coryn, this time joined by the rest of the Band, open the second of the three Legends of Ga'Hoole and read on. The ancient volume, titled The Coming of Hoole, picks up where The First Collier left off: the hatching of that noble prince, Hoole.
Little Hoole starts out his life like any owlet: innocent, naive, and occasionally loud-mouthed. However, he knows nothing about his true identity, the heir of good King H'rath. Grank and Theo, his caretakers, know that the truth cannot be revealed to the young prince until it is safe to do so. For Hoole's protection, they continue to live in exile on an island in the Bitter Sea, far from owls that would kill the prince and end the kingly line.
Meanwhile, the hagsfiend Ygryk and her haggish mate, the Great Horned Owl Pleek, crave Hoole more than ever to be their own chick since they can't have one themselves. So when Ygryk finds Hoole and tries to lure him away, Grank and Theo (along with their new friend Phineas) take him to Beyond the Beyond.
Ultimately, Hoole will have to face off in battle against the hagsfiends and the traitorous Lord Arrin, and realize his destiny. Only then can he retrieve the Ember from the Sacred Volcanoes - and reclaim his father's throne.
If you're a series fan, you won't want to miss The Coming of Hoole!
 The Coming of Hoole July 12, 2006
Finally, FINALLY, Kathryn Laskey is getting back on track. The arc of irrelevance and boredom started in The Hatchling and continued all the way through The First Collier. But The Coming of Hoole is interesting and sticks to the original Guardians of Ga'Hoole story without slipping up nearly as much as the past three books.
Laskey made the right move in ending Grank's rambling first-person narrative and returns to the third-person, which the rest of the series is written in. The "writer" of this Legend book that Soren and Coryn (now accompanied by Otulissa and the rest of the band) read is supposedly unknown, but easy to figure out from pretty much the first ten pages. I liked her choice, and though you don't really get much more insight into this character than any of the others, it was still good narrative.
The widowed Queen Siv's egg has hatched, and Grank names the owlet Hoole. Immediately he and Theo begin to teach and train him, and Hoole is enthusiastic about it all. You can't help but love his owlet character- he's hyper and ambitious, totally unaware of who he really is and the power he has. When others decide to inhabit the island with Hoole, Grank, and Theo, however, the first collier begins making plans for their journey to Beyond the Beyond, where Hoole will learn from the dire wolves- most especially Fengo, Grank's old friend.
Meanwhile, Siv can't stand to have never seen her owlet. She makes an attempt to see him, which almost ends in his capture by hagsfiends, so contents herself with letting those she trusts in her old kingdom know she's there, readying suport for when she'll need it.
As typical now with Kathryn Laskey, there is no show of character development- Hoole grows up overnight without so much as a warning, and there is almost no mention of how the owl kingdom is faring without Hrath's leadership. So why do they care that the hagsfiends are there? From what it shows they haven't done anything bad! The battle scene at the end is sloppy, and, as predicted, the magic of the hagsfiends doesn't seem to stop any of Hoole's side, even though it supposedly made them unreachable in The First Collier.
But I still liked this book. It had good pace and a good story, and I do want to see how Hoole fares in To Be A King. Afterward, however, I'll be very glad to get back to Soren and the band (with the unfortunate addition of Coryn) with The Golden Tree, which will supposedly pick up where The Outcast left off. It's almost hard to read their tiny prolouge and epilouge scenes in the Legends trilogy- that's how out of character they are.
Coming of Hoole July 7, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Coming of Hoole is about Hoole growing up to be a King. Grank feels overwhelmed at times at the immensity of his job. Theo does work around the hollow, including fetching dinner for Hoole. Queen Siv, as Hoole's mother, is desperate for Hoole, and despite her own and the other's caution, she flies to see her son. And tracking her is Ygryk, the evil hagsfiend. Hoole, meanwhile, is making meaningful discoveries on his own.
Although this is not the best book in the world, it is a very good one, and it goes right up with the rest of the Ga'Hoole series. I liked the fact that you could see sides of the book from many different character's point of view - Ygryk, Theo, Hoole, Fengo, and many more. It gives the story more dimension.****
For those of you who like Soren's world better, Kathryn will get back to them soon. And there's a prologue and epilogue about Soren and the band in the beginning and end!
****spoiler warning****
However, that is a problem since Theo supposedly wrote the book. How did he know what the others thought if it wasn't fantasy? Aside from that, I liked hearing so many characters' thoughts.)
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