Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence (11 page)

Emily Rodda
is the author of the
New York Times
bestselling Deltora Quest series, with over two million copies of her books in print. Winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Award (Younger Readers) a record five times, Emily lives in Sydney, Australia.

VENTURE INTO DELTORA

1
The Forests of Silence

2
The Lake of Tears

3
City of the Rats

4
The Shifting Sands

5
Dread Mountain

6
The Maze of the Beast

7
The Valley of the Lost

8
Return to Del

Text and graphics copyright © 2000 by Emily Rodda
Deltora Quest concept and characters copyright © Emily Rodda
Deltora Quest is a registered trademark of Rin Pty Ltd.
Cover illustrations copyright © 2000 by Scholastic Australia
Cover art © 2000 Scholastic Australia
Cover illustrations by Marc McBride
Graphics by Kate Rowe
Cover design by Natalie Sousa
First published by Scholastic Australia Pty Limited

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This edition first printing, May 2012

e-ISBN 978-0-545-52953-2

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