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The Forests of Silence
- Deltora Quest, Book 1
- Narrated by: Ron Haddrick
- Series: Deltora Quest, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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- By Anonymous User on 18-05-2017
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A nice break from the COVID-19 shutdown
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I hate this book 📚
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Publisher's Summary
The evil Shadow Lord is plotting to invade Deltora and enslave its people. All that stands against him is the magic Belt of Deltora with its seven gems of great and mysterious power. When the gems are stolen and hidden in dark, terrible places throughout the kingdom, the Shadow Lord triumphs and Deltora is lost. In secrecy, with only a hand-drawn map to guide them, two unlikely companions set out on a perilous quest. Determined to find the lost gems and rid their land of the tyrant, they struggle towards their first goal - the sinister Forests of Silence.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-2019
childhood favorite
loved it as amazing as when I first heard it over 15 year . highly recommended.
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- Luke Johnston
- 17-02-2021
Thank you
Great for a bit of Nostalgia. Thank you, nice to listen too while I work in my shop. I read these books back when i was in school well over a decade ago. I will be doing them all in order again. 🙂
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-2019
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I LOVED IT SO MUCH AND I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE BECAUSE IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-2019
Nostalgia
Convenient too listen to, after reading the books.
More words in review would be nice.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-04-2017
Deltora
This book is so great :) 10/10 great job cant wait to get more books :)
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- Anonymous User
- 16-07-2017
Childhood book
Read it as a kid, loved it then love it now. Glad to be able to re-experience it.
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- Whitney Winsor
- 04-10-2019
Love the books, but hate the music at the end of each chapter.
I love the books and I enjoyed how Ron Haddrick read them. The only thing I didn't like was the music at the end of each chapter. I don't mind music at the beginning or end of a book, but having it all throughout it just disrupts the flow of the story. It wouldn't be so bad if it was good music, something short that matches the feel of the story. The music is different almost every time so there's no feel of it being theme music for the book. It's usually very weird and more annoying than pleasant to listen to. Sometimes it started playing before the chapter was finished so it was hard to hear the last sentence or two that Ron Haddrick was reading. Other times it played for too long, especially when the chapter ended in a cliff hanger and you really wanted to hear what happened next. I listened to the whole first series of Deltora Quest with my family and we all were annoyed by the music throughout the books. It's really too bad because it deters us from wanting to listen to them and I actually really enjoyed the audio books otherwise. Hopefully they fix this because these really are great books.
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- edteach3r
- 02-11-2017
Interesting read for my grade 7 students
Thy really enjoyed the book and a number of them have now rated reading the second book in the series.
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- Eric
- 14-07-2020
Still a good series!
This was my favorite book series growing up and it is still good now! Highly recommend this to all readers.
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- Ariel
- 30-04-2020
Nostalgia
I loved these books as a child. Finding this on Audible was a wonderful trip down memory lane.
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- Memeke
- 19-02-2020
A Good Start
A straight forward story where the good must defeat an evil foe, and although this novel starts a series, there is a satisfying conclusion to an immediate threat. Young readers would find the idea of discovering different magical stones exciting, and would hope that the young Leif would be able to make his journey through the Silent Forest safely. The novel could make for a great book talk about the power of patience and using one’s wits instead of striking out without thinking first.
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- ALBERTA REDWING
- 12-09-2019
Action packed
Loved it it moves fast and keeps your attention can't wait to read the rest. Narrator did a great job enjoyed it very much
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- david hillerich
- 01-07-2019
memories
read these when I was young and I was super stoked to find out I could go back and hear them again. I love these books
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2018
Nostalgic Easy listen
I remember reading these books when I was a kid and I loved the adventure. I had a short two hour trip and this was an easy listen for me and my husband.
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- Sneekizoid Reefer
- 11-10-2018
These books should be made into a movie trilogy
These books should be made into a movie trilogy. In the same vein of Lord of the Rings.
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