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The Keepers of the Keys. 

By Kathryn Lasky 

2019. 288p. Scholastic, $16.99 (9780545836890). Gr. 3–6 

 

The danger-riddled adventures continue for polar bear cubs Stellan, Jytte, Third, and Froya in this third

Bears of the Ice series installment. Upon delivering the Ice Clock key to the owls of the Great Ga’Hoole

Tree, the birds realize war within the kingdom is imminent. The owls share their wisdom with the young

bears and send them to solicit help from other owl and wolf clans. Meanwhile, Stellan and Jytte’s mother,

Svenna, has escaped the Ice Clock, distressingly witnessed her cubs’ father Svern disappear into an ice

fissure, and begun the trek toward the Great Ga’Hoole Tree. Will the bear family be reunited? Will the

impending war with Patek finally destroy him and the Ice Clock? Lasky brilliantly entwines characters

from her other series into this creative fantasy world, and her imaginative writing will make readers

willingly suspend reality and trust the mental acuity of her animal characters. Although supposedly the

final book in this series, the story contains several unanswered questions that beg for another installment.

— J. B. Petty