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Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger. Soren must lead the Chaw of Chaws to rescue his sister. Thus begins the next battle between the owls of Ga'Hoole and...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Cybertron (michael) rated it 3 of 5 stars

The book I'm reviewing is the fifth book of the Gaurdians of Ga'hoole series, "The Shattering". It was written by Kathryn Lasky.
The book was very well done, it was interesting, had a good plot, and didn't overdue the whole 'WARRIOR OWLS" thing. I would of prefered if the vocabulary was more advanced. Because the author only uses simple words and while it is extremely well done, I feel that more advanced vocabulary would make it a little more interesting. I also think that the books should be...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Mr. Graham rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Shattering is the cleverly crafted fifth book of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. The title refers to the mind of owls who are subjected to the mind-controlling flecks used as weapons by the pure ones. It is a story that brings to the forefront advanced warfare that is waged not on the body, but within the minds of unsuspecting young victims.
The numerous references to shattering with terms such as slivers, shards, splitting, fragmented, piece by piece, and division weave a disturbing them...more The Shattering is the cleverly crafted fifth book of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. The title refers to the mind of owls who are subjected to the mind-controlling flecks used as weapons by the pure ones. It is a story that brings to the forefront advanced warfare that is waged not on the body, but within the minds of unsuspecting young victims.
The numerous references to shattering with terms such as slivers, shards, splitting, fragmented, piece by piece, and division weave a disturbing theme through a thought provoking tale. There is an eerie foreshadowing in the previous book when Dewlap, the traitor who betrayed Ga'Hoole to the Pure Ones, bans and eventually destroys a seemingly insignificant book. We learn later that the very knowledge in this book is the key to the brutal mind shattering used by the Pure Ones to serve their purposes. The book is torn, tattered, and scattered to the four winds like so many broken shards of Eglantine's mind. It commences when Eglantine herself drops and shatters the egg that is the symbolic hope for the future of the Pure Ones. In the end the story gets back to Dewlap, who suffers something worse than a shattered mind: a broken spirit.
In the grand theme of good vs. evil, there is a great contrast between Eglantine and Nyra concerning the egg. Nyra wants to protect the egg out of selfishness and the power it could bring her. Eglantine strives to protect it for the sanctity of life. While there comes a time when Nyra forgets about the egg for self-preservation, Eglantine is willing to die to save the egg. When Nyra discovers the shattered egg, her response is not sadness and mourning, but rage and vengeance.
Another great discussion is brought about by the egg. Will the offspring of two evil parents, Kludd and Nyra, be born evil? Could it ever have a chance at a decent life? It prompts the question of how Kludd and Soren could have been born to the same parents. What about all of the nuances of good and evil that are in us all?
The argument for a free society is made by the author in chapter 21. She brings up the question of how much respect the leaders of a tyranny really have from their inferiors. They fight because they fear their leaders, while in the free society, the citizens fight for what the feel is worth fighting for. She goes on to note the “fruits of an open free-thinking society.”
While the free-thinking society can create so much, Ezylryb is bothered by the new weapons used by the Chaw of Chaws. In fact, he is bothered by warfare altogether, and the direction the Owl World is going. Soren shares Ezylryb's feelings, though he doesn't really understand it yet. He is becoming more and more like his mentor, and one day he will be the old, battle-beaten owl who spends his older years wishing there was a better way than war to solve the problems of owlkind.
The Shattering was a fantastic book, and the first great book of this series. It asked tough questions, had great thought-provoking issues, and resolved some of the lingering plotlines, while creating new ones to leave the reader wanting more. It's all building for a great war between the Owls of Ga'Hoole and the Pure Ones with all the flecks in St. Aggies. What kind of warfare will come out of such a clash?
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Nov 17, 2010 Teri rated it 3 of 5 stars

A book can not purely be carried by the characters alone.
I feel like a broken record. I LIKE the characters in this series. I feel they are intriging and draw me in. Maybe that is why I am so frustrated about the lack of truley developing the story in logical ways. This book has finally given me a solid example.

I am supposed to believe all through this book so far that the Guardians are this smart, honest brave defend of good kind of group. They are the wisest of the wise....

Then why oh why am...more

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May 31, 2012 SKCircles rated it 4 of 5 stars

Cinquième tome de la saga jeunesse de Kathryn Lasky intitulée Les gardiens de Ga'Hoole, Le guet-apens prend place après le siège du Grand Arbre de Ga'Hoole par les Sangs-Purs. Soren et ses copains sont devenus des héros, mais la douce Églantine, jeune sœur de Soren, se refuse à admettre que ses parents ont bel et bien disparu à tout jamais. Elle fait des rêves d'un réalisme troublant, et n'est bientôt plus capable de les discerner de la réalité...

Je suis fan de cette série, c'est simple. Elle es...more

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Feb 12, 2012 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This is the 5th book of the "Guardians of Ga'hoole." It is called "The Shattering" by Kathryn Lasky. "The Shattering" is about Soren's sister Eglantine gets shattered by the pure ones. The pure ones are the enemy of Soren, and th Guardians of Ga'hoole. Kludd Soren's older brother is one of the pure ones, and is the mate of Nyra the leader of the pure ones. Even though Kludd was born with Soren, and Eglantine he was quite different from them , and began to be a pure one. Kludd is now on his last...more This is the 5th book of the "Guardians of Ga'hoole." It is called "The Shattering" by Kathryn Lasky. "The Shattering" is about Soren's sister Eglantine gets shattered by the pure ones. The pure ones are the enemy of Soren, and th Guardians of Ga'hoole. Kludd Soren's older brother is one of the pure ones, and is the mate of Nyra the leader of the pure ones. Even though Kludd was born with Soren, and Eglantine he was quite different from them , and began to be a pure one. Kludd is now on his last test to be a pure one. He must kill someone in his family of Barn owls. He has chosen Soren to kill. However, Soren is becoming stronger, and stronger each day if Kludd kills Soren Eglantine might plan to kill Kludd which means that there will not be a true family again. Then while Soren is deep in his thoughts Eglantine visits Nyra each day with Ginger her maybe best friend thinking that Nyra is her mother. Will Eglantine escape from the terrible shattering or will she turn out to be like Kludd?

Primrose in this book is a really strong owl even if she is a Pygmy owl which is a really small owl. For example, when Eglantine was in a shattered situation after she visited Nyra who looked like her mom for Eglantine. Primrose followed Ginger, and Eglantine all the way to the Beaks, and when she got kidnapped by a pure one which is really an owl like her. She kept on staying away from the pure ones, and resisted from being shattered unlike Egalntine who was shattered. This proved that she was strong even though she is a small owl. Another time Primrose was strong was when she was kind of being ignored by Eglantine, and Ginger her room mates. Normally, I would get really angry if I was getting ignored by people on purpose. However, Primrose was acting like she didn't care even when she was mad which really proved to me that she was strong, and really hard to torture. I think the motivation for her behavior is because she doesn't want to be treated like some weak owl in front of honorable owls. If I were Primrose I would want to be just like her, and be a proud leader instead of a follower.

I thought this book was filled with blame because some owls were blaming other owls for being true to their enemies side instead of their side. For example, when Otusilla was blaming Dewlap for Strix Struma's death. Strix Struma was a very honorable owl leader for the Guardians of Ga'hoole, and after the fight with the the pure ones, and Strix Struma died. It was realized that Dewlap was telling the pure ones their plans. So, Dewlap was immediately removed from the leadership of the Guardians of Ga'hoole which was a great dishonor. It might have been possible that Dewlap wasn't the intruder, and somebody else was. However, most owls thought he was. So, he was now rarely a part of the Guardians group. Another time in this story was when Nyra blamed Eglantine for dropping the Sacred Orb which was Nyra's first egg she borned. Even if I knew that Eglantine was killing the Barn Owl of Nyra which was her own species I felt kind of happy she did because she disgraced the pure one, and she was able to escape from the fire herself. It also proved to me that she has now escaped from the shattering. Even if this book was filled with blaming I know that this is a great four star book.

If you want to read a great adventurous book I recommed to you 100% to read this book. However, if you hate dead stuff, and blood this is not exactly th greatest book for you. Also, this book is really recommended if you read all the first four guardian books. This book is a really comfortable book for me, and I was really intrested in it. Maybe if you loved this book you would also love the Ear The Eye, and The Arm which I also wrote a report about! (less)

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May 11, 2013 Ashley rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Shattering (Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book 5) Summary: Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger. Soren must lead the Chaw of Chaws to rescue his sister. Thus begins the next battle between the owls of Ga'Hoole and the evil Pure Ones, deep in the treacherous te...more Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Shattering (Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book 5) Summary: Soren's sister, Eglantine, is falling under the spell of a strange nightly dream. Then, just as Soren notices her trancelike state, Eglantine disappears, and the dreams become a deadly waking nightmare that puts the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole in terrible danger. Soren must lead the Chaw of Chaws to rescue his sister. Thus begins the next battle between the owls of Ga'Hoole and the evil Pure Ones, deep in the treacherous territory known as The Beaks, where a raging forest fire will prove the greatest danger for rescuers - and their best hope for victory.

MY OPINION

In this book, something has Eglantine acting strangely, putting her hollowmate and best friend Primrose on edge. Eglantine gives off the appearance of having nightmares, but when awakened complains that she has be woken up from the best of dreams. New hollowmate, Ginger, is sure that Eglantine is fine, but Primrose is not so sure, and she does not trust Ginger, who was once a prisoner of war from the battle against the Pure Ones. Ginger now claims that she likes life at the Great Tree much better than life with the evil Pure Ones. Some are trying to accept her, but Primrose is not so sure. As Eglantine begins slipping away at night to go and visit an owl in The Beaks that she believes is her mother, Primrose follows and is captured by the Pure Ones. With Eglantine and Primrose missing, Soren and the chaw launch a rescue mission to find them and bring the back home. Meanwhile, the gang learns more and more about flecks and the disastrous affects they can have on an owls brain and gizzard. By the time this is all over will they make it out without getting shattered? As another battle begins with the Pure Ones, Eglantine makes a dangerous choice as she steals the egg of Nyra, Kludd's mate, and Her Pureness, when escaping. Eglantine believes that as long as she has the egg, the Pure Ones won't risk attacking her. Meanwhile, Soren and the gang arrive and begin hatching a plot of their own to stop the Pure Ones, if only for now.

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Oct 25, 2012 Sandra Pedicini rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is my favorite of the Ga'Hoole books so far, slightly edging out the first one. Eglantine is under a strange spell - created by too much exposure to the troublesome flecks, and begins making regular visits to the evil Nyra, who is posing as her mother. Eventually her friend Primrose helps free her. As she flees, Eglantine tries desperately to steal away the prized egg containing the offspring of Nyla and Kludd, but she's unsuccessful and the egg is destroyed. (It would have been an interest...more

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Apr 11, 2012 annik rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Название пятой книги раскрывает новую идею, продвигаемую в совином мире. Сокрушение — одно из самых страшных заболеваний совиных желудочков, при котором они теряют способность чувствовать и сопереживать. Воздействию этой напасти подвергается сестрица Сорена — Эглантина, спасенная патрулем Ночных Стражей в одной из первых книг. Она недалеко ушла от образа оболваненной дурочки, и в этой книге проявляет себя не с лучшей стороны — ее вводит в заблуждение желание быть с семьей, коим искусно пользуют...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Shayla rated it 5 of 5 stars

Life and Death.

That's the chance Eglantine takes when she believes she has her own version of Starsight that is nothing like her brother's. SHe takes the plunge into the Beaks to find who she thinks should be her mum.
Soren quickly notices his sister'ss disapearence, as does everyone else.
Eglantine soon figures out that her so-called 'mum' is none other than her mother's carniverous mate, Nyra. Nyra shows Eglantine her prize possetion. Her egg. The 'Sacred Orb' as she calls it. Eglantine makes...more

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Oct 12, 2010 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you loved Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, you'll love the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky. The owls who populate theis series are all different kinds of owls with unique personalities but they work together as the Guardians. No people in these books but there are plenty of "lessons" to be learned from how the owls interact and how they deal with the situations in which they find themselves. Fascinating books and a lot in the series (15) so lots of good reading!

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Sep 22, 2010 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

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Mar 09, 2011 L'Poni rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I loved this short little book. It was surprisingly thrilling and very interesting. After seeing the movie I wanted to know what else happened Eglantine, so I bought this book fir half it's price and finished it in a week. It's shirt books like these that make me enjoy reading. The wording is great and it's NOT purple prose and the pacing is just right. Kathryn Laskey is a master of the short form of kid books! This is NOT your average kid book.

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Jun 26, 2012 Vicki rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: tween

Eglantine is acting funny and is getting chummy with a new friend Ginger. Ginger was injured with the battle of the Pure Ones and decides she'd rather stay with the guardians. But is she who she says she is?? Primose isn't so sure. Primrose follows Eglantine in the Beaks to see what she is up to and discovers Nyra is trying to convince Eglantine that she is her mother. The Chaw of Chaws rescues them both

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Oct 31, 2012 Tntexas rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Read this book with the kids and enjoyed it for the most part. But, like the last book, I felt like the end wound up being rather abrupt and truncated - almost like an entire chapter was chopped out before publiscation. That, along with a couple of events that made no logical sense storywise, accounts for the three stars rather the four or five I would have liked to have given it.

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Aug 11, 2009 Frankie rated it 5 of 5 stars

My first thought when I saw this book was:
It is called The Shattering, because, since Nyra was on the cover, Nyra and Kludd would have an egg, and the egg would shatter.

YOU, however, will have to read the book so you can make your own opinion...

READ IT!!!!!!!!

P.S. Read the first four FIRST!

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Apr 11, 2011 Misty Morgan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-challenge

Sometimes I wonder how this author got away with making this an intermediate series for the age groups that are usually included in that category . . . Even for main characters that are animals there are some parts that are just plain unsettling . . . I'm starting to worry for my main characters . . .

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Dec 05, 2010 Tama rated it 3 of 5 stars

Just finished book 4 and I'm starting book 5 tonight. I'm enjoying this series as it is very excited and easy for me to read. It is a good break from reality and I can feel the wind under my imagined feathers.

Just finished this book and I've already started book 6. This is a good series. It is action packed and I haven't been able to predict what is going to happen next.

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Dec 10, 2010 Emma rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was also great. I love how in the ends, people are always fine hint, hint! I reccomend this book to anyone under 16 and over 5. This book is just like all the others in this series, action and they keep you turning the pages. These are the type of book that you would want to never end.

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Apr 10, 2010 Meg - A Bookish Affair rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, fantasy-sci-fi, fiction, ya-children

In the last book, Soren and his friends bring back an injured Barn Owl who they believe defected from the Pure Ones. With the entrance of Ginger, the Barn Owl, into the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole, strange things start happening. Eglatine begins to believe that her parents are still alive and is coerced by Ginger to visit her "dream mother." Eglatine begins to learn that something is wrong but not before inducing another battle with the pure ones.

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Feb 26, 2013 King Hoole rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really like this one. It isn't as action packed as the other ones(but no doubt action is NOT in short supply in this book) but a bit more philosophical and interesting. The want for loved ones lost and friendships being strained makes this definitely interesting.

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Nov 29, 2012 Amara rated it 3 of 5 stars

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As of The Siege, the series started improving slightly, and that continues into The Shattering. The racism is being scaled back a bit (mostly because of Mrs. P's reduced presence in the story) though it still rears its ugly head at times, biology failures still pop up every now and then (the characters seem to be under the impression that bats are blind birds, which, uh, is certainly saying something about their understanding of the world around them), and the plots are still melodramatic and ju...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Charlie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Soren's sister Eglantine was caught in one of the Pure Ones' traps and now Soren and a chaw of Guardians must stop the Pure Ones while fighting against against the odds of size. That's the book in a nutshell, but said nutshell covers very little of the story.

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Apr 26, 2013 Hunter Lynch rated it 4 of 5 stars

The genre is like a mystery. It is by Kathryn Lasky.

The reason why i am reading this is because i have read very other book before this and I really enjoyed this series. THe other books are The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue, and the Siege.

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Apr 13, 2013 Jani rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm reading this series to my patient. We both really enjoy these books. The story line is great, it reads like an adventurous complex society. How does the author keep the characters straight and the story going book after book...

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Jan 08, 2009 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-for-young-people, read-in-2009

I'm almost wishing this series was not so long! They aren't all that great, almost copycat type books. I keep hoping that the next one will get better, but so far no. I'll probably wait until the summer to read any more.

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Oct 25, 2012 Lexie rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoy reading the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, but sometimes, the writing does fall a little flat. however I definitely feel the suspense that's going on right now in the Ga'Hoole tree and can't wait to find out more!

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Jan 22, 2011 Steve rated it 3 of 5 stars

I think that in this book that the guardians shoed have been more ceful at about letting Ginger be free to rome the tree and do what she wonted becues she was putting flacs in her bed and was treing to shatter her. Soren I think he should of been more awaer of what was going on with Eglantine if at hadend been for Digger Eglantine and Primrose would have been killed proply.

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Mar 05, 2013 Brianna Navillus rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thoroughly enjoy Kathryn Lasky's stories, and I think it was a very good plot, but I feel like this book was not quite as good as the rest in the series. Yes, I know, this review completly contradicts itself.

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Dec 15, 2010 slippers rated it 5 of 5 stars

I think that this book is very good considering that every other book of these series is good. I like the antagonist Kludd because he is so cool, he has a metal beak and mask because he lost his face, that is so cool

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Oct 24, 2009 Lilly rated it 5 of 5 stars

this book is really cool but it's kind of confusing but i think any young reader would like this book it is really good i think children of all ages would like this book. thx 4 reading my review! ;p
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