Tales of Deltora

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Tales of Deltora
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Author Emily Rodda
Illustrator Marc McBride
LanguageEnglish
Series Deltora Quest (series)
SubjectChildren's fiction
GenreFantasy
Published2006 (Scholastic Books)
Media typePrint
Pages176
ISBN 978-0439877855

Tales of Deltora is a fictional novel written by Emily Rodda and illustrated by Marc McBride. It is a chronicle of ancient stories from the Deltora Quest universe including how the evil Shadow Lord came to be, and how the great Adin obtained the seven gems from each of the tribes to form the Belt of Deltora. It was published by Scholastic in October 2006. [1]

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