Os Contos Perdidos de Ga'Hoole

Guardians of Ga'Hoole Companion Book #2

by Kathryn Lasky

Mas tenho notícias ainda mais importantes do que essa, algo incrível e sem precedentes: a Grande Árvore Ga´Hoole está lançando sementes! Bem em cima, onde o sol banha os galhos mais altos da árvore, uma grande flor dourada desabrochou. Emocionada, Otulissa nos revela essa e outras histórias que narram o início de Ga´Hoole e os sonhos, os desejos e as tristezas dos guardiões. Um dia, Fritha, a ilustradora da biblioteca, partiu da Grande Árvore e voou até a terra dos Kraals, carregando no coração um segredo que mais cedo ou mais tarde teria de ser revelado... Quando Braithe, o criador do Espaço dos Livros Vivos, estava voltando para seu ninho no Brad teve um estranho encontro com o Scroon de Ezylpro e iniciou uma grande jornada em busca da verdade sobre a sua família... Os irmãos de Crepúsculo, Tavis e Cletus, dois conhecidos fanfarrões, certa vez empreenderam uma corajosa batalha para salvar inúmeras corujas da maldade dos Puros... e Cleve, o companheiro de Otulissa, tomou a corajosa decisão de abandonar as armas e a violência para sempre, tudo por causa da trágica história de seu irmão Clay... Esses e outros segredos serão revelados pelas palavras de Otulissa. Você precisa conhecer! A série A Lenda dos Guardiões vendeu 4 milhões de livros ao redor do mundo e deu origem ao filme. Os contos perdidos de Ga´Hoole é a parte de uma história envolvente, diferente de tudo que você já viu.

Genres: Fantasy, Animals, Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2010

About the author

Kathryn Lasky, also known as Kathryn Lasky Knight and E. L. Swann, is an award-winning American author of over one hundred books for children and adults. Best known for the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series, her work has been translated into 19 languages and includes historical fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction.

Reviews

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading a book by Kathryn Lasky has long been on my list of things to do. But because she mainly writes series and some of them are long, I had not started yet because I did not want to get sucked in. When this collection of short stories became available I pounced at the opportunity. I was not disappointed. This collection of stories shows a breadth and depth of life in the Owl world created by Lasky. The stories in this collection are:

The Snowy Sisters
Fritha's Painted Past
Uglamore Redeemed
Brothers Brave and Blustery
A Secret in Braithe's Gizzard
Cleve's Sorrow

With a greeting from Soren, the Monarch of the great tree of Ga'Hoole, and an afterwards by Otulissa, the historian of the great tree, this collection will entertain, enlighten and challenge readers. I think what I loved best about this collection is that even though these are stories about Owl society, each has a lesson we can learn from, some we will draw courage from, some we will be challenged by, and some will just entertain. But each of these stories has lessons that can be transposed to our own lives and our development into learning to be better at being. And maybe that is the secret to the popularity of these books and the movie; they challenge the reader to think, and if the reader is open, to being changed for the better. The stories in this collection are so well written, I have moved reading the whole Gardians of Ga'Hoole series and the Wolves of the Beyond series towards the top of my to read pile. Both series are set in the same world, and if they are as good as this collection of short stories, they will be great reads. I for one will be return to the Northern and Southern kingdoms in these stories again soon.

Read the review and with links to other reviews of books by the author on my blog Book Reviews and More. And also an author profile and interview with Kathryn Lasky.

[Able Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a thought but maybe when you stop ret-conning a bunch of ridiculous/irrelevant lore you might finally make some more than decent stories. THIS is how I remember the GaHoole series. Not a bunch of shoddy plot devices and world building, but instead really rich characters and morals.

[Raegan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring.
Just another way for the author to get money.

[Kryptomite · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Lost tales was a good book, and one the series benefited from. I always felt that Ga'hoole screamed out for more lore, more world building. The three historical novels and Lyse's book were by far some of the best because they built a history. Almost all the books lost themselves in this never-ending war and never let go of it, to the point of villains fleeing over and over with no real way to escape. If the author had spent more time telling stories, which are already so important to these owls, and building more of the world that these owls lived in, this series could have been far better than it was. Foremost in my mind, I really think it was a mistake not to include a story about glaux and the first owls. I thought for sure something involving them would pop up in these lore books and it never did. Overall, walking away from the entire collection, I don't regret having read it, but I do see it as a missed opportunity. This could have been something truly special and instead it was just decent. However, the last two lore books do add a little bit extra, and for that this was worth reading.

[Peter.b · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a special edition book for the Guardians of Ga'hoole and the writer of the book is lead by a girl owl who is about to be a mother, called Otulissa, who is telling stories about different owls of the Great Tree who told it themselves. The last story of the book was not told or written by Otulissa, but by her mate, Cleve, who told of the story of his lost brother and how he died. This is a nice special edition book because it tell stories of other owls in one book for the first time.

My favorite part of the book would be when Otulissa talked to the reader near the end of the book and talked about the Guardians of Ga'Hoole and told us to believe in yourself (I think). Also, Otulissa said to be more like a guardian and be more trustful.

This book's genre is fantasy because the stories can't be true. I recommend it to people who like animals and noble deeds that can be challenged by any being, but also to those who like stories and the suspense that they had. I hope you enjoyed this reading and be sure to read anytime. Reading Rules!!

[Willis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read the whole Ga'Hoole series (there are 15 of them) in order to know what my 10 year old daughter is reading. She loves them and they are great for kids. There is fighting and death among the owl characters so you probably wouldn't want a child that is too young reading them. This is a collection of stories based on different characters in the series. You'll like this book if you love the series because it fills in more details on some of the characters. It doesn't really fit in with the broad story going on the 15 book series so maybe that's why I didn't like it as much as the series itself.

[Romke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically, after the first three installments of the Guardians series, every new books has been pretty much the same as the rest: bad owls gather, good owls find out way too late, epic batle where good owls are outnumbered but better fighters, they win.

The Lost Tales is a bit special in that it doesn't continue the overall Guardians storyline much, but consists of six individual stories relating mostly to some exploit of a secondary character. So no epic battles, but for the rest it is, like I said, more of the same. That doesn't make it a bad book: I enjoyed reading it. But it's not anything to get excited about.

TL;DR: decent read, but don't expect too much.

[Carina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an awsome book of Guardians of Ga'hoole short storie, and they realy connect to the main books. I like how Otulissa narrates the book and how she always interupts Cleve, her mate. I do recamend this book, but you should probably read the main seris first.

[Aimee Shaffer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was well written and had a great story line but I just couldn't get into it. Ended up returning it to the library.

[♡ Angie ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first & last stories were especially good. I loved the epilogue at the end 😊

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this book on and off. Not exactly “lost” tales, it’s just stories given from the other characters in the series. It was so-so , I mean I liked the idea of knowing where the other owls had been and what led them to the Tree of Hoole or cross paths with others, but having been pooped out by finishing the series, I didn’t really care much for those side characters. Or if the author really wanted to, she could make little mini series of each owl, or go into the tale of Hoole and the ancient history or the time of the Others.
A for effort in writing this book? I guess?

[Dana Fine · Rating 4 out of 5]

a good collectiongood collection

I quite enjoyed these stories for a more in depth understanding of characters. However, be warned, the first one has many fact discrepancies, and I had to think of it as a separate or even alternate storyline in order to enjoy it.

[d · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though I simply couldn't get into it, this book was brilliantly written with a fantastic narrative line. Perhaps it's just because I started with this narrative when I really should have first read the key stories to have delight.

[Angela Solon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Pllouck sister's were my favorite 😁

[Jacob Jackson]

the book was amazing, but it had many spoilers.

[The · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved getting to see new parts of the stories.

[pcc404 · Rating 5 out of 5]

great!

[empressofeverything · Rating 2 out of 5]

The last story is a blatant rip off of ASOIAF and I was not expecting that in a kid’s book.

[Lilyanne Collinsworth · Rating 5 out of 5]

sad but entertaining

[Dunwich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some fun, extra stories to go along with the original books! It was interesting getting to learn more about side characters.

[Cassie Holmes-Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

There’s a spelling mistake on page 150.

There’s a couple of moments in chapter 6 that really remind me of A Game Of Thrones!

[Carolin Petersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable Extras!

This was an excellent way to round off the series, diving deeper into the different owls of the world and getting backstories that weren’t otherwise worked into the original series. I loved the extra depth it gives the characters and some hidden fun things that don’t affect the series but were otherwise enjoyable to learn.

Rather than a third person account from an unnamed narrator, this book is written as if by Otulissa, where she begins by speaking directly to the reader, then giving the tale of a specific owl in a third person account before finishing off the tale. Instead of chapters, this book is broken down into several mini-stories.

Otulissa is the main voice we get in this book, but we’re getting insight into the other characters within the stories, including Fritha, who has a secretive past, Braithe, whose heritage is more than we expected, and Uglamore, who finally got the redemption he deserved.

Aside from a few stories that take place in the past with the Pure Ones, there wasn’t much by way of good vs evil, but rather stories of self discovery, which I enjoyed a lot. They were more exploratory than the action-based tales of the original series.

I really liked Lasky’s (Huang Knight’s) writing in these tales, as she takes on the voice of Otulissa writing the stories. I enjoyed the extra commentary Otulissa gave before and after each tale.

Since it was a collection of mini-stories, each story’s pacing was a bit different. Some brought more expectation of action, some were quietly contemplative, others were full of mystery. It was a good mix.

If you enjoyed the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series, you definitely shouldn’t miss out on this final book of lost tales!

[Cara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so sad to see this wonderful series end!

I thought this was a nice collaboration of stories to fill in some of the gaps about characters that we met in the main series.
I have to say my favorites were tie between Tavis and Cletus' stories and Braithe's. How cool is it that Braithe is Eyzlryb's grandson! I wanted him and Lil to have a chick every since I read his story, but it didn't mention them laying an egg together.
All and all, a wonderful set of six short stories to get to know more about the owls we met.

[Jacqueline Nieto · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Guardians of Ga'hoole" is a book that tells the story of the guardians of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The guardians of the great tree are owls, and the story of the lives they lived before becoming guardians is told by the tree's young historian named Otulissa. I believe this book would be best suited for young readers at the age of nine and older. I really enjoyed the sense of adventure this book invokes in its readers.

[Tycjan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing to find out how the side-characters find their place in this wonderful story universe.

With small stories (about 30 pages per character) it won't tire, it's feels like quick summaries of big stories!

Honestly, some of these stories are richer then some books in this series *cough cough The Shattering Cough Cough* and feel completely compatible with the main book series.

If you liked the rest of the Ga'Hoole series, you'll love this one.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the book! The stories detailed in this book are barely scratching the surface of the many secrets hidden inside the owls of Ga'Hoole. I think that these stories may be made into something more in another special book (not of the current series). These hidden tales tell of Madame Plonk's relationship with the Rogue Smith of Silverveil, Twilight's hero brothers, and Uglamore's tracking Coryn on his journey. I greatly recommend this book to owl lovers and, of course, GoG'H lovers.

[Carolina Colleene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Language - G, Sexual Content - G; Violence - PG
A collection of short stories telling about the unknown part of six important owl's lives. The hard and sad stories are filled with adventure. Wisdom is also found, but only if looked for.
I enjoyed these stories even without having read the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series myself. The hardships were tough to handle--even as a reader--and the perspective of an owl made it all the more exciting.
Reviewed for https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/

[Annika · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this book because you get an insight on some of the characters at the great tree. The book was quite fasinating as it cleared up some things about the owls' pasts. 5 star rating, of course!

[Gisele · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book and the fascination in owls. This book left me in so many emotions, sad, happy... One of tales made me cry it was humiliating because I was reading it in class:O next one made me... Just read it yourself you won't regret it!!!!!!! :D

[Sarge · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was very fun to get a few more stories in this world. Many of them flesh out little tidbits of lore that were tossed into the fray at the end of the series and left unanswered. I consider this a necessary expansion.