资源描述:
《Guardians of Ga’Hoole (Book 1) - The Capture.pdf》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、满分网(www.manfen.net)满分网(www.manfen.net)GuardiansofGa’HooleTheTheCaptureCaptureByKathrynLasky满分网(www.manfen.net)AbouttheAuthorKathrynLaskyhashadalongfascinationwithowls.Severalyearsago,shebegandoingextensiveresearchaboutthesebirdsandtheirbehaviors.Shethoughtthatshewouldsomedaywritean
2、onfictionbookaboutowlsillustratedwithphotographsbyherhusband,ChristopherKnight.Sherealized,though,thatthiswouldindeedbedifficultsinceowlsareshy,nocturnalcreatures.Soshedecidedtowriteafantasyaboutaworldofowls.Eventhoughitisanimaginaryworldinwhichowlscanspeak,think,anddream,shewanted
3、toincludeasmuchoftheirnaturalhistoryasshecould.KathrynLaskyhaswrittenmanybooks,bothfictionandnonfiction,includingSugaringTime,forwhichshewonaNewberyHonor.AmongherfictionbooksareTheNightJourney,awinneroftheNationalJewishBookAward,andBeyondtheBurningTime,anALABestBookforYoungAdults,a
4、swellastheDaughtersoftheSeaandWolvesoftheBeyondseries.ShehasalsoreceivedtheBostonGlobe-HornBookAwardandtheWashingtonPostChildren’sBookGuildAwardforhercontributiontononfiction.LaskyandherhusbandliveinCambridge,Massachusetts.满分网(www.manfen.net)ToAnnReit,WiseOwlGreatFlightInstructor—K
5、.L.满分网(www.manfen.net)Maps满分网(www.manfen.net)Illustration…andthentheforestoftheKingdomofTytoseemedtogrowsmallerandsmalleranddimmeranddimmerinthenight…满分网(www.manfen.net)THEOWLSandothersfromGUARDIANSofGA’HOOLETheCaptureSOREN:BarnOwl,Tytoalba,fromthekingdomoftheForestofTyto;snatchedw
6、henhewasthreeweeksoldbySt.AegoliuspatrolsHisfamily:KLUDD:BarnOwl,Tytoalba,olderbrotherEGLANTINE:BarnOwl,Tytoalba,youngersisterNOCTUS:BarnOwl,Tytoalba,fatherMARELLA:BarnOwl,Tytoalba,motherHisfamily’snest-maid:MRS.PLITHIVER:blindsnakeGYLFIE:ElfOwl,Micrathenewhitneyi,fromthedesertking
7、domofKuneer;snatchedwhenshewasthreeweeksoldbySt.AegoliuspatrolsTWILIGHT:GreatGrayOwl,Strixnebulosa,freeflyer,orphanedwithinhoursofhatchingDIGGER:BurrowingOwl,Speotytocunicularius,fromthedesertkingdomofKuneer;lostindesertafterattackinwhichhisbrotherwaskilledbyJattandJuttSKENCH:Great
8、HornedOwl,Bubovirginianus,