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y separately published work icon Rowan and the Travellers single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy   adventure  
Is part of Rowan Series Emily Rodda , 1993-2003 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Rowan and the Travellers
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The witch Sheba is tormented by a strange riddle. Then the travellers pay a visit to Rin and the whole town begins to fall asleep. What does the riddle mean? Only the young boy Rowan can solve the riddle as he embarks on an adventure in order to save the whole town.

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  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Japanese and Korean translations.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Norwood, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 1994 .
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      Extent: 150p.
      Reprinted: 1994 , 1995 , 1996 Several further reprints
      ISBN: 1862912270 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Greenwillow Books ,       2001 .
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      Extent: 170p.
      Edition info: 1st Harper Trophy ed.
      Note/s:
      • With title: Rowan and the Travelers.
      ISBN: 0060297751
    • Norwood, Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area, Adelaide - North / North East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 2003 .
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      Extent: 150p.
      Note/s:
      • An Omnibus Book from Scholastic Australia.
      ISBN: 1862915369
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    y separately published work icon Rowan of Rin : The Journey Emily Rodda , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2004 Z1177820 2004 selected work children's fiction children's fantasy adventure (taught in 2 units) In a tightly paced series of adventures the shy, self-effacing boy Rowan, an unlikely hero, takes on one exciting challenge after another to save first his village, then his people and finally the beasts he loves best, the gentle bukshah. The adventures are thrilling, the monsters terrible and the characters memorable. Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2004
    • Malvern, Unley area, Adelaide - South / South East, Adelaide, South Australia,: Omnibus Books , 2005 .
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      Extent: 150p.
      ISBN: 1862916365
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    y separately published work icon The Journey Emily Rodda , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2023 26379667 2023 selected work children's fiction children's fantasy adventure '“Bravest heart will carry on
    When sleep is death
    And hope is gone.”

    'Rowan doesn’t believe he has a brave heart, but when danger threatens his village of Rin he discovers he is much more resourceful than he could ever have imagined. The Wise Woman Sheba’s ominous words haunt him. Her cryptic riddles are all he has to help him find a way to solve each problem. Rowan must find within himself the means to overcome perils that would daunt the greatest hero: terrifying monsters, the forbidden Mountain and those who would enslave his people. Only when he faces his fears head-on will the true path of his quest be revealed. All five books in a special deluxe 30th anniversary edition of the award-winning Rowan of Rin series, from much-loved master storyteller Emily Rodda, author of the Deltora Quest series.' 

    (Publication summary)

         Norwood : Omnibus Books , 2023
Alternative title: Het raadsel van de Gouden Vallei
Language: Dutch
    • Antwerp, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe,: Facet , 1996 .
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      Extent: 152p.
      ISBN: 9050162088, 9789050162081
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Works about this Work

Untitled Anne St. John , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , September/October vol. 77 no. 5 2001; (p. 593-594)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Ashley Freeman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 26)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Mark Bennet , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1995; (p. 16)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
Getting it Right Nicola Robinson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1994-1995) no. 167 1994; (p. 61)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of Banyan Bay Emily Rodda , John St Claire , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Mark Bennet , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 3 no. 2 1995; (p. 16)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
Getting it Right Nicola Robinson , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1994-1995) no. 167 1994; (p. 61)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction ; The Secret of Banyan Bay Emily Rodda , John St Claire , 1994 single work novel
Untitled Anne St. John , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , September/October vol. 77 no. 5 2001; (p. 593-594)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled Ashley Freeman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 26)
— Review of Rowan and the Travellers Emily Rodda , 1994 single work children's fiction
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