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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Life as a owlet is peaceful until you are snatched out of your family nest. That's what happened to Soren when he found himself falling out of his home. Where every day used to be heavenly, his new life became hell. It was a hard way to live. Soren knew he had to escape even if he didn't quite know how.
fast-paced
Take me back to childhood, noble owls! Resist brainwashing by retelling legends and lore!
I picked this up after someone else brought it up in a meeting. Decent young adult literature and reasonably written. I enjoyed it the way I like young adult books that seem to take two totally unrelated topics and mash them together in an unusual way. In this case, a free association of owls and brainwashing. However, once out of the scary mental conditioning camp, the story felt a little light and fluffy. I'm debating reading the next one, I may pick it up from a library if it's available.
3.5/5
Read this in a morning’s time lol. I’m revisiting these for the first time since I read them as a kid. Everything in St. Aggie’s is very interesting. Twilight and Digger are thrown in too quickly. Surprisingly violent at times!
Read this in a morning’s time lol. I’m revisiting these for the first time since I read them as a kid. Everything in St. Aggie’s is very interesting. Twilight and Digger are thrown in too quickly. Surprisingly violent at times!
A good book for kids. And adults who like kids books. :)
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“Mom, can you pick me up? They’re putting religious subtext in the owl dystopia”
But fr thank you Kathryn lasky for giving ten year old me an owl obsession and thank you book riot for making me reread this
But fr thank you Kathryn lasky for giving ten year old me an owl obsession and thank you book riot for making me reread this
I personally greatly enjoyed this book ( and all the others in this series). The book starts off with the main character, Soren, falling through the sky. As he falls, something slows down his fall as he relives the memory of his life so far. He is an owlet when the book begins, so the memories don't last very long. He wakes up on the forest floor, and is kidnapped and taken to an “academy”. On the way there he meets an owlet named Gylfie, who tried to fly before she was ready. The two become fast friends. They discover a dark secret about the academy, as well as one about Soren's brother, Kludd. They make many friends, including a Boreal owl named Grimble, a small Spotted owl named Hortense, a young Great Gray named Twilight, and a Burrowing owl named Digger. I personally liked this book a lot because it has a strong message about friendship, and what it can get you though in the hardest of times. At the end of the book, Soren realizes that his brother pushed him from the nest, and his family is missing, which means he is almost an orphan at this point. Gylfie still supports him and helps him, and flies with him to find his family, and the Great Ga’hoole Tree.
The way Kathryn Lasky writes the story is incredible. She writes the inter series from an animal's perspective, bringing to light many problems about the world. Her use of vocabulary words and slang, to me, builds up a child's reading comprehension in a way, by making them infer. Using an animals perspective allows children to understand and be able to comprehend what is happening opposed to using a human instead.
The way Kathryn Lasky writes the story is incredible. She writes the inter series from an animal's perspective, bringing to light many problems about the world. Her use of vocabulary words and slang, to me, builds up a child's reading comprehension in a way, by making them infer. Using an animals perspective allows children to understand and be able to comprehend what is happening opposed to using a human instead.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No