THE OWL KEEPER by Christine Brodien

The plot of this book is that their is a special town with a special tree could the owl tree that has special powers. and that tree has a owl keeper that takes care of all the silver owls.

The main characters  names are Max, Rose and Gran.

The main struggle is that Max finds out that two people are trying to turn him into a monster.and that the town wants to tear down the owl tree.

The main character changed  by becoming more mature.

RATING: ******

I relate to the main character  and I have been in things that have been hard to overcome.

Reed

OWLS

RESEARCH LINKS:

SPOTTED OWLS
Audubon Society of Portland
http://audubonportland.org/wcc/edbirds/ns-owl

VIDEO:
Owl Mousing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b4S1aUaK2I&feature=related

Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/videos/Spotted-Owls-Endangered-by-the-Encroaching-Barred-Owl.html

Image credit: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Spotted_Owl

FOR MORE INFO:

Defenders of Wildlife
http://www.defenders.org/northern-spotted-owl/basic-facts

Fish & Wildlife Services
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/birds/NSO/ns_owl.html

Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Spottedowlprintout.shtml

OTHER OWL LINKS:

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Owls, Owls, Owls

http://mail.bedford.k12.ma.us/~jane_delgobbo/owls