Hoole wanted to live a peaceful life with his uncle Grank. But that could not happen because they were constantly being attacked by the evil hagsfinds. So they flew to beyond the beyond to get away from the hagsfinds. Then in an epic reunion with his mother Hoole learns that he is actually a prince that has the potential to become a great king. The Coming of Hoole is about trust, perseverance, and patience.

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I finished the second third of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, which I am reading a second time. The books that I've are varied by that I mean that the books are different in plot and view. Book 6 is about the Gang/Chaw of Chaws and the owls of the Tree and the war against the Pure Ones. Meanwhile, books 7 and 8 are about Coryn's journey from learning to be the successor to Kludd and the leader of the Pure Ones to becoming the rightful King and heir of Hoole. These two books are mostly in Coryn's point of view and hardly show the owls from the Tree. Yet again there is another shift with books 9 and 10 (as well as 11) that focus on the legends with Grank, Hoole, Siv, and Theo. They chronicle the owl world a thousand years before with Hoole's upbringing and his rise to King against natchmagen and the hagfiends. So basically this third has been action packed and diverse with many different characters. From the beginning I enjoyed the character of Coryn and his story. But it took me awhile to get into the legends. This third showcases a lot of great stuff from action, adventure, courage, war, love, mystery and many other themes. The books in this series just get better.

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Book 10 The Coming of Hoole, 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 with a good story. 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.

This is one of my favorites of this series. It has very strong characters (both male and female), inspiring lessons, and of course some vile villains. It's the second book of the legends where Coryn and the bandage actually reading the legends. It is extremely wonderful. Everyone reading this series should pay close attention to this one. 8 out of 5 stars.

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To be honest, I'm more interested in Soren's story than any of the other owls. Maybe even Coryn's story as well, but there are five more books to go, why not finish the series?

My heart soared as I read the story of Queen Siv and Hoole. This chapter of the story was masterfully crafted. I can't wait to read the next one. I also loved the way that the Ga' Hoole Tree got its name.

I enjoyed reading this book. I love reading about the adventures of these owls, wolves and polar bears. I found the part about Svenka and her mate, Svarr, funny. Kathryn Lasky portrayed the male mind for what it really is. :-)

I enjoyed reading this book and was sad in the end when a character died. Though I did find a hole in the puzzle. In the last book that Grank "wrote" he mention several times that Siv had later told him what she had been doing, during the time when they were not together. But, I failed to see when in the very brief time they saw each other again when she did have time to tell him those things. But maybe in the next book there is an explanation for this.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

The epic story of Hoole was SO cool!!!

I still can't get over it: Ga' + Hoole = THE ISLAND OF GA'HOOLE!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I can't wait for the next one!!

I absolutely love this story!
This series is so full of love, courage, friendship, creativity and bravery.