Kathryn Lasky

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June 24, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States

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female

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http://www.kathrynlasky.com/

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Children's Books, History, Literature & Fiction

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Kathryn Lasky is the American author of many critically acclaimed books, including several Dear America books, several Royal Diaries books, 1984 Newbery Honor winning Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her latest book, Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book 15: The War of the Ember, was released on November 1, 2008. Guardians of Gahoole: A guide to the Great Tree was released on September 1st, almost a month before projected selling time. She was born June 24, 1944, and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is married to Christopher Knight, with whom she lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Book 15, The War of the Ember, is currently the last book in the Ga'Hoole series.

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Books by Kathryn Lasky

Average rating: 3.92 · 51,339 ratings · 3,748 reviews · 161 distinct works

	The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,264 ratings — published 2003 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Journey (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 3,227 ratings — published 2003 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 3.82 avg rating — 2,895 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 3.86 avg rating — 2,712 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Rescue (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 2,695 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Siege (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 2,480 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Burning (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #6) 4.07 avg rating — 2,254 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Shattering (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 2,254 ratings — published 2004 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Hatchling (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 1,994 ratings — published 2005 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Outcast (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #8) 4.09 avg rating — 1,868 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kathryn Lasky

Dear America (41 books)
by Kathryn Lasky

3.74 avg rating — 32,212 ratings

Guardians of Ga'Hoole (15 books)
by Kathryn Lasky

4.01 avg rating — 29,772 ratings

The Royal Diaries (20 books)
by Kathryn Lasky

3.72 avg rating — 27,993 ratings

Wolves of the Beyond (5 books)
by Kathryn Lasky

4.18 avg rating — 1,852 ratings

Daughters of the Sea (3 books)
by Kathryn Lasky

3.52 avg rating — 1,133 ratings

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“I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.”
― Kathryn Lasky, The Journey

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“Legends were not only for the desperate. Legends were for the brave. (Soren)”
― Kathryn Lasky, The Capture

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“They did not hear Grimble, as he lay dying, chant in the true voice of the Boreal Owl, in tones like chimes in the night, an ancient owl prayer, “I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly."”
― Kathryn Lasky, The Capture

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