SOLVED. YA Fantasy Series [s]

[Caitlin]

Looking for a YA fantasy series that I have been struggling to remember the name of... which is kind of pathetic seeing as that it was a favorite of mine when I was in middle school. I read it while in seventh and eighth grade which would have been about... 9ish years ago and I think it was published around that same time. If I remember correctly there were actually, I believe, three parts to the whole series and each part had several books... the first had I think like seven or eight and the other two parts only had I think three or four. I remember the whole thing started out with a boy leaving home to fulfill some quest (can't remember if he left by choice or it was part of his destiny or what). I think he has two companions (I believe his female companion he finds along the way and I think the other was with him from the start). Throughout the series they run into trouble and have to battle all sorts of creatures and such. I think I remember something about him having to find some sort of gem or a few gems or something. And I'm not sure if it helps at all, but I remember I had a hardcover copy of the series that included like the first four or five books in one.

[Tesh]

Hmmm...I haven't actually read the series, but one of my siblings did...is it the Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda?

Deltora Quest https://www.goodreads.com/series/41221

Two later associated series:

Dragons of Deltora https://www.goodreads.com/series/41566
Deltora Shadowlands https://www.goodreads.com/series/4156...

[Caitlin]

Yup that's definitely it. I love you so much right now lol. Thank you :)