The Coming of Hoole | Kathryn Lasky
Grank raises the hatchling deep in a forest far from owls that would kill the royal chick named Hoole to end the kingly line. Sent by an evil warlord, a hagsfiend attempts to lure young Hoole away when he first learns to fly. To keep him safe, Grank brings Hoole to a strange land of volcanoes in an icy landscape. Chapter Book: 27 chapters.