Most Popular Books by Kathryn Lasky

A major children''s novel set in the Black Hills. Native Americans and the United States government battle over the sacred land of the Sioux.

In 1849, a fourteen-year-old Amish girl defies convention by leaving her secure home in Pennsylvania to accompany her father across the continent by wagon train.

Feeling untalented in the team sports scheduled for his school''s Sports Spectacular, Clyde the rabbit develops his own event, a freestyle tumbling routine with a dazzling move called the "twirly burly."

The brave owls of Ga''Hoole are back in their second mythic adventure as they strive to preserve owldom from the evil that lurks around them. Join the owls in their quest for the Great Ga''Hoole Tree, the legendary place where ordinary owls are transformed into the heroes that guard the owl kingdom.

After she discovers an old doll that had belonged to her mother and her grandmother, Sophie grows to love the doll more and more even though she is missing some hair, gets chocolate-stained, and loses an eye.

Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky''s hit series - a stunning spin-off set among the wolves of Ga''hoole.Faolan has always been an outsider. Exiled as a pup, then shunned by his fellow wolves for his unusual connection to the bears, Faolan has struggled to earn a place in the pack. But a terrible danger is looming on the horizon, and Faolan is the only one who knows how to fight it. Will he be able to claim his rightful place as leader? Unless Faolan can inspire the pack to stand together, it could be the end of the wolves of the Beyond.

From bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Lasky comes an explosive adventure following the teen girl fighter pilots who took on Hitler''s army . . . and won. 16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She''s a pilot who''s always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya''s been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.When her mother is killed during the siege, Valya is left with one burning desire: to join up with her older sister, a member of the famous and feared Night Witches-a brigade of young female pilots. Using all her wits, Valya manages to get past the German blockade and find the Night Witches'' base . . . and that''s when the REAL danger starts. The women have been assigned a critical mission. If they succeed, they''ll inflict serious damage on the Nazis. If they fail, they''ll face death . . . or even worse horrors.Historical fiction master Lasky sheds light on the war''s unsung heroes-daredevil girls who took to the skies to fight for their country-in an action-packed thrill ride that''ll leave you electrified and breathless.

In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.

In 1952, when Georgie is eleven years old, her family moves to a new Indiana neighborhood where her teenaged neighbor has polio and is in an iron lung.

The latest soaring installment of Kathryn Lasky''s NYT bestselling Ga''Hoole seriesGrank raises the hatchling deep in a forest far from owls that would kill the royal chick named Hoole to end the kingly line. His mother comes to visit, in disguise, and departs again. Not even the chick must know his mother''s identity. It would give him away as Hrath''s heir. Sent by an evil warlord, a hagsfiend attempts to lure young Hoole away when he first learns to fly. Grank realizes that the same evil forces that killed Hrath are after Hoole, and know where he is. To keep him safe, Grank brings him to Beyond the Beyond, a strange land of fiery volcanoes in a barren, icy landscape.(more)

Written by a Newbery Honor-winning author, this is the story of a princess who longs for freedom. Jahanara is the daughter of a rich emperor in India. While she is showered with many riches, she is also confined by her strict religion and the rules of the palace.

"New York Times"-bestselling author Lasky delivers the second novel in her shimmering quartet about mermaid sisters and supernatural love.

Brand-new editions of three thrilling adventures by the author of Guardians of Ga''hoole

Kicked out of home after home, the Deadlies have finally found the perfect place--the Rare Books room at the Boston Library. But their peace is threatened when a thief starts targeting the library. Can the Deadlies spin a web big enough to catch a crook? Illustrations.

The bestselling beloved Dear America series returns in a stunning new deluxe paperback. Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky''s acclaimed addition to the series, A Journey to the New World, brings the story of the Mayflower to life. This beautifully updated package is perfect for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Twelve-year-old Remember "Mem" Patience Whipple is headed for the New World with her parents on a grueling 65-day journey onboard the Mayflower. Once they reach land, and despite the harsh conditions, Mem is fearless and leaps headfirst into her new life, helping to care for the sick in her new home and searching for friends to call her own. The Dear America series transformed the way millions of readers learned about American history. These new editions will be beautifully packaged as deluxe paperbacks with gold foil and are perfect for a new generation of readers.

Sometimes the enemy comes from within...The Striga, former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea, has come to stay at the great tree. He has earned the trust of all by saving Bell, Soren''s owlet, from Nyra, and he grows daily closer to the young king Coryn, with whom he seems to share a strange bond. The Striga senses the power of the ember hidden in Bubo''s forge and draws it closer. As his power waxes, he accuses the Band of treason and produces flimsy evidence to support his abominable claim. And so the Band is exiled, strengthening the Striga''s hold over Coryn.

From the author of the New York Times–bestselling Guardians of Ga''hoole, when a filly from a wild herd is taken, the horses must rally to her rescue. After adopting an orphan human boy, the first herd of horses in the New World is finally ready to make the treacherous journey across the mountains to find the Sweet Grass that promises survival. But when their leader, Estrella, is captured by cruel men, it delivers a blow to the very heart of the herd. If the horses turn back, they''ll never make it across the mountains before winter. But if they leave Estrella in captivity, the wild-born filly will surely perish. The conclusion to Kathryn Lasky''s Horses of the Dawn trilogy will make your heart beat to the rhythm of thundering hooves, leaving you breathless as you join the herd''s final fight for freedom. Praise for Horses of the Dawn, book one: "As in works such as her Guardians of Ga''hoole series, Lasky uses animals to touch on very human issues. — Kirkus Reviews "Lasky successfully fuses fantasy and fact as she gives her equine characters credible emotional depth and underscores the tensions and disparity between Old and New World sensibilities. It''s a haunting story of loss, self-discovery, survival, and homecoming." — Publishers Weekly

Soren and Coryn read the ancient legends of Ga''Hoole in order to find a way to prevent the victory of evil in their present world.

The Man Who Made Time Travel

Soren¿s beloved mentor is finally back at the Great Ga¿Hoole Tree. But all is not well. There¿s a war between good and evil in the owl kingdom. Chapter Book: 24 chapters.