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Violence
Barely any
Mild; owl-world danger and the threat of the Academy
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; the psychological impact of capture and the slow revelation of what the Academy really does
What this book is about
Kathryn Lasky's Guardians of Ga'Hoole opens with young barn owl Soren — pushed from his nest by his brother and captured by the mysterious St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. The owl society Lasky creates is richly detailed, and the story of Soren's survival and resistance is compelling middle-grade fantasy adventure.
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