Dread mountain emily rodda biography
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Dread Mountain is a fantasy novel written by Emily Rodda. It is the fifth book in the first series of Deltora Quest.
Book Description[]
"Lief, Barda and Jasmine are on a perilous quest to find the seven lost gems of the magic Belt of Deltora. Only when all the gems have been restored to the Belt can Deltora be freed from the tyranny of the evil Shadow Lord.
Four gems have been found. Now, though grave news reaches Lief from home, and he longs to return, the quest must continue. To find the fifth stone the heroes must venture almost to the border of the Shadowlands, and plunge into the darkness and terror of the realm of the monstrous toad Gellick — Dread Mountain."[1]
This book is 128 pages long, making it the shortest in the Deltora Quest series.
Plot[]
Chapter 1: Refuge[]
As Lief and his companions journey from the Shifting Sands towards Dread Mountain, they discover a quiet grove of trees around a small round pool ringed by white stones. An engraved plate says the place is called the Dreaming Spring and that anyone who means no harm can drink the water, but those of evil must beware. Though at first they are unsure of the mysterious place, Lief, Barda and Jasmine drink the water and fill their water bottles. As night falls, they make camp in the
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Deltora Quest 1
2000-2002 series of eight books by Jennifer Rowe (as Emily Rodda)
Deltora Quest (often called Deltora Quest 1 by fans) is a children'sfantasynovel series written by Emily Rodda. It was first published between 2000 and 2002 in Australia by Scholastic Press.[1][2] There are eight books in this series: The Forests of Silence, The Lake of Tears, City of the Rats, The Shifting Sands, Dread Mountain, The Maze of the Beast, The Valley of the Lost and Return to Del in that order. These books are followed by two other series set in the same universe: Deltora Quest 2 (Deltora Shadowlands in North America), Deltora Quest 3 (Dragons of Deltora in North America). Together, these three series are collectively also referred to as the Deltora Quest series, and occasionally the Deltora series by some fans.
Plot
[edit]The series depicts the adventures of Lief, the teenage son of a blacksmith, and the Good vs. Evil struggle of his country against its dictator. He initially lives with his parents in the city of Del, situated on the fictional island of Deltora. The main story arc takes place during a time of economic depression and political repression, under the dictatorship of the evil Shadow Lord. This is the secon
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Book Review: Shrink Mountain
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