The Golden Door - Softcover

Rodda, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0545429919 ISBN 13: 9780545429917

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 2013

Synopsis

The start of a stirring fantasy trilogy from Emily Rodda, the internationally bestselling author of Dragons of Deltora!

The walled city of Weld is under attack from ferocious flying creatures that raid in the night, bringing death and destruction. The Warden calls for volunteers to find and destroy the enemy sending invaders, and the heroes of Weld answer the call one by one, never to return. Rye is officially too young to go, but his brothers are among the lost and he must find them. What terrors await him beyond the Wall?

About this title

About the Author:

Emily Rodda is the author of the hugely successful Deltora Quest series and has more than eight million 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, she seems to know instinctively what children want to read. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia.

From Booklist:

When the youngest of three brothers, Rye, decides to set off to find his lost siblings (whom many presume to be dead), he leaves behind the city of Weld, the only world he’s known. As he stands before the three doors among which he must choose in order to begin his mission, Rye is joined by young Sonia, who becomes his companion—despite his best efforts to lose her. In the monster- and trickster-filled journey that awaits them behind the titular Golden Door, he discovers that the walls of Weld have kept him both protected and ignorant. In this start to a new series, Rodda, the author of the popular Deltora Quest books, has created a well-realized, high-fantasy world, and the fast-paced, accessible story will leave readers anticipating Rye’s next adventure. Grades 6-9. --Francisca Goldsmith

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0545429919
• ISBN 13: 9780545429917
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288