I picked up the first book after watching the movie adaptation: The Guardians of Ga'Hoole. It's a pretty good movie for kids but really screws with the story of the books. In the movie, the protagonist Soren and his brother Kludd fall out of their tree before they are full fledged. (They are owls, by the way) They are kidnapped by the nefarious owls of St. Aggies led by Metalbeak and Nyra. Kludd joins with the bad owls and Soren makes a friend Gylfie. Eventually Soren and Gylfie escape, find their way to the Ga'Hoole tree with Twilight and Digger. Then they get involved in a battle between the owls of St. Aggies and the Ga'Hoole Tree.Ok so that's the movie. It's a nice tidy little story that plays whirl'o'plot with the material from the book. In The Capture book 1, Soren is pushed out of the tree by his brother Kludd. He does end up at St. Aggies, but the St. Aggies owls are a completely different malign group from the Pure Ones led by Nyra and Metal Beak. The main thrust of The Journey book 2, is the four companions getting to the tree. The Rescue book three, introduces The Pure ones as a real antagonistic force. And so on.
As a group, the first six books deal with Soren's youth and follow him as the main protagonist. By the sixth book, The Burning, Soren is a young adult and, along with his friends, a fully accepted and valued member of the Guardians.
Guardians of Ga'Hoole is a good series for younger readers. The characters are highly relatable and the themes deal with some pretty real issues in good way for younger readers but in a way still interesting for a more mature audience.
1. The Capture
2. The Journey
3. The Rescue
4. The Siege
5. The Shattering
6. The Burning
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