The Capture

The Capture by Kathryn Lasky  226 pp.

This was a re-reading of the first book in the juvenile series "The Guardians of Ga'Hoole" and the November book for the "Treehouse Book Club". In this first book young owls are being stolen from their homes and put into service at St. Aegolius Academy for Orphaned Owls. Soren, a barn owl from the forest of Tyto and Gylfie, an elf owl find ways to avoid being "moonblinked" (brainwashed) in hopes of finally learning to fly and escaping the evil masters who are trying to take over the owl kingdom. This book and the next two in the series are the basis for the new movie "Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole."