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Kirkus gave Rise of a Legend a starred review!
Kirkus Reviews – June 1, 2013 THE RISE OF A LEGEND [STARRED REVIEW!] Author: Kathryn Lasky The Guardians of Ga’Hoole gets a prequel, with the history of one of the Great Tree’s rybs, Ezylryb. Lyze, a young whiskered screech owl, is born into the Northern Kingdoms, where w
Reviews of Lone Wolf
The literary grandchildren of Richard Adams’ Watership Down (1974) proliferate in this complex and nuanced talking-animal adventure
Review in Booklist of The Extra
The year is 1940. Lilo, 15, and her family are Gypsies (Romani) who have been rounded up by the Nazis and sent to the Maxglan internment camp. It is there that Leni Riefenstahl, Hitler’s favorite film director, selects Lilo and her mother to serve as extras in her new movie, Tiefland. As shoot
Publishers Weekly Review of The Extra
Lasky (the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series) delivers a well-researched and uncompromising standalone novel focusing on the Nazi genocide of the Roma and Sinti peoples. Lilo—a Sinti girl of 15 at the beginning of the book—is taken by the Nazis when they start rounding up the Romani of
Booklist Review of Lone Wolf
The literary grandchildren of Richard Adams’ Watership Down (1974) proliferate in this complex and nuanced talking-animal adventure. Lasky’s descriptions of a newborn wolf pup’s craving for light, milk, and meat are wonders of sensory economy—immediately you’re invested
School Library Journal Review of Silk and Venom
Greta Binford is a zoologist and spider specialist with a particular passion for the Loxosceles branch of the spider family, which is more commonly known as the brown recluse. Readers travel with her to the Dominican Republic as she and her associates search for these elusive, venomous spiders under
Booklist Review of Daughters of the Sea: May
Elements of mystery, romance, fantasy, and drama combine in a mesmerizing tale.
Kirkus Review for Lone Wolf
Lasky, Kathryn WOLVES OF THE BEYOND: Lone Wolf Lasky spins off her popular Guardians of Ga’Hoole series into this enchanting first installment of a new series starring wolves, introducing a wolf pup raised by a grizzly bear. The pack casts Faolan, born with a defect in one paw, out to d
Booklist Review of Silk and Venom
Many excellent color photos and clearly drawn maps illustrate the text, which creates an appealing portrayal of the scientist and her fascination with her work.
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