The Sword of Shannara
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Author:
Brooks, Terry
Series:
Shannara novels. Sword of Shannara trilogy volume 1.
Lexile measure:
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Published:
Random House Worlds 2000
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
10/06/2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780345444646
ASIN:
B000FBFOE6
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8.7, 42 Points
Lexile measure:
1160

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Terry Brooks. (2000). The Sword of Shannara. Random House Worlds.

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Terry Brooks. 2000. The Sword of Shannara. Random House Worlds.

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Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara. Random House Worlds, 2000.

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Terry Brooks. The Sword of Shannara. Random House Worlds, 2000.

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Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a trueheir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline,rests the hope of all the races.
Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic,a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth . . .
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic.
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