The war of the ember

By Kathryn Lasky

Subjects: Exile (Punishment), Imaginary wars and battles, Good and evil, fiction, Good and evil, Kings and rulers, Fantasy fiction, Kings, queens, rulers, Owls, Owls, fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction

Description: The strange, maniacal blue owl known as the Striga has been rousted from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Nyra, leader of the vicious Pure Ones, is either dead or laying low in some distant land,leaving the tree finally at peace. As if fed by an invisible spring, learning and the lively arts flourish at the great tree and spread throughout the owl kingdoms.