Synopsis The Capture
Soren the Barn Owl nestling happily lives in a tree hollow with his family and Mrs. Plithiver, their nest-maid snake, until he is pushed out of their hollow by his brother, Kludd. He is captured by two patrol owls and brought to St. Aggie's, which is supposedly a refuge for orphaned owlets. There he realizes that owls were not supposed to question and they had to forget their names but to have a number instead. After a few questionable incidents at the academy Soren begins to wonder what really is behind the plot of St. Aggie's. Soren befriends an Elf Owl named Gylfie who explains to him how the academy controls the minds of young owls, and helps him avoid being "moon blinked", or brainwashed by tricking the monitors in the glaucidum. They both meet a Spotted Owl named Hortense who, like Gylfie and Soren, is not moon blinked, but pretending to be.
Skench and Spoorn, the leaders of St. Aggie's, find out that Hortense had been delivering eggs to two eagles named Zan and Streak. "Auntie", a Snowy Owl with the real name of Finny,who was also Soren's pit guard along with Skench and Spoorn, throw Hortense off a cliff while Hortense is unable to fly. Soren and Gylfie later learn to fly with the help of an academy guard, Grimble.
During Soren and Gylfie's attempt to flee the academy after they learned to fly, Grimble is killed by Skench while defending the two owls from an attack. They head to the Island of Ga'Hoole, which is revered for its legends of noble owls who do only good. Along the way, they meet Digger and Twilight, who each have different personalities, but similar life experiences. Twilight was met when Gylfie was stuck upside-down on a tree, while Digger was met soon after in the desert land of Kuneer. Soren and Glyfie try to find their families but instead they find Mrs. Plithiver who tells them about Kludd. The strange foursome and Mrs. P then decide to begin a journey to the Great Ga'hoole Tree, which brings the series to the next book, The Journey.
Synopsis The JourneyThe Journey" is the second in the series Guardians of Ga'Hoole. It begins talking of Soren, Glyfie, Twilight, Digger, and Mrs. Plithiver, the blind nest maid snake. They are traveling to The Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a place told of in legends where owls rise out of the night to perform noble deeds. They travel through the Ice Narrows, Beaks, and over the Sea of Hoolemere to reach the Tree. They meet the leader of the tree, Boron, and his mate. They also meet an owl with a deformed foot and an eye in an everlasting squint. His name is Ezylryb, leader of the Weather Chaw. The band, as they prefer to refer to themselves as, are amazed by the tree, with its many secrets, but Soren is troubled by something, his sister, Eglantine. He is afraid she could have been snatched, or worse. In order to rescue her however, he must go through tests, some made by Ezylryb, to become a true Guardian of Ga'Hoole..
Synopsis The Rescue
Now that Soren has been reunited with his sister, Eglantine, he must face his next challenge: making sense of the mysterious disappearance of his mentor, Ezylryb. When Soren discovers that Ezylryb is in danger, he and his friends Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger devise a plan to save the beloved teacher with Eglantine, Otulissa, Ruby, and Martin. In this process, Soren must fight a ferocious foe who wears a terrifying metal beak, sharpened for battle. It is up to Soren to discover the shocking true identity of his horrific opponent: his own brother Kludd.
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