THE SECRET OF GLENDUNNY

Kathryn Lasky, author of the multi-national bestseller THE GUARDIANS OF GA'HOOLE, writes a new animal-fantasy series featuring industrious, amazing beavers, in an epic story of loyalty, heroism, and the courage to speak truth to power.

THE SECRETS OF GLENDUNNY tells the story of a colony of castors (beavers) that have been hiding, almost in plain sight, for five hundred years. Their safety and livelihood --timber --depends on their not being discovered. Humans have destroyed the ecology of so many of their fellow creatures' habitats that they will doubtless do the same for the castors.

Added to that, the ruling council of the castors knows that their homeland hides a terrible secret: one that has been buried for centuries, and that no one must know.

The trouble begins when one young castor, Dunwattle, is disturbed by what he thinks is a ghost. In his panic, he strays far from the den, where he is discovered --and photographed!--by a two-legs. As soon as the council learns of this, they are determined to get the lynxes to "take out" Dunwattle--but what they don't know is that Dunwattle's best friend is just as determined to save him and to keep the castors' secrets.

KATHRYN LASKY is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print. She is also the author of the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as A Time for Courage and other stand-alone and series books.