Guardians of GaHoole, Book Two

Having escaped the sinister St. Aegolius Academy, Soren the barn owl travels onward with his friends — a Great Grey, an Elf Owl, and a Burrowing Owl — along with the blind snake Mrs. Plithiver, in search of the legendary Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Along the way they survive crow attacks, a fatal bobcat encounter, and the strange, enchanting pull of the Mirror Lakes, learning to trust owls unlike themselves.

When the band finally reaches Ga'Hoole, they hope their knowledge of St. Aggie's will earn them immediate standing among the Guardians — but the tree's leader, Boron, tells them nobility is earned, not granted, and that their real journey — training under the intimidating, one-taloned Ezylryb — is only just beginning. The second book in Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.