/ Key title The owls of Ga'Hoole return in the third book of the series ready to battle new and far more dangerous threats. Based on Katherine Lasky's work with owls, this adventures series is bound to be a hit with kids. Join the owls in their quest to safeguard the owl kingdom from the encroaching evil! / Major new series for 8-12 year old boys and girls. / Funny, compelling and with a hint of danger, this series is hugely collectable. / Sell-through of the 8 book series has now reached 1 million copies in the US! / Regular UK publishing with titles in August and December 2006 and mroe to follow in 2007. / Film rights have been bought by Warner Brothers for a CGI movie. / Series will launch with retail support and a trageted consumer campaign. / Ads placed in animal and bird magazines. / The owls may have human characteristics but their behaviour, actions and culture are based on author Kathryn Lasky's study of owl species.
Kathryn Lasky has long had a fascination with owls. This led her to research their life and behaviour, thinking that she would write a non-fiction book about owls to be illustrated with her husband's photographs. She soon realised, though, that this would be rather difficult since owls are shy and nocturnal creatures -- so she wrote a fantasy series about them instead.
“Fans of the series will be standing in line for the next installment, and readers with a penchant for animal fantasies will be engaged by this nice lead-in to the more complex tomes of Brian Jaques's Redwall series and Avi's Poppy books.” VOYA
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