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A fantastic new B-format edition of the master storyteller's Carnegie Medal-winning junior Discworld novel

About the Author

Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.

Reviews

Ethically challenging, beautifully orchestrated, philosophically opposed to the usual plot fixes of fantasy
*The Guardian*

Simply gripping story-telling
*The Times*

Powerful, passionate, mordantly funny and, at one point, unbearably sad
*Daily Telegraph*

An astonishing novel...I marvelled at the ferociousness of the humour, and the willingness to go into dark places
*Financial Times*

Great yarn written in fairly simple text
*Liverpool Echo*

Will take you on a fantastic journey... wonderful, funny and gripping.
*Kids Alive*

Excruciatingly funny, ferociously intelligent.
*Kirkus*

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of... stuff one can find in a Terry Pratchett book
*The Book Smugglers*

Amazing Maurice has one of the most satisfying and effective endings in the series!
*Reading Bug*

Humour, humour and more humour, an utterly unpredictable plot, interesting rats - err, characters - and a profound denoument, this is Discworld at its best.
*Speculation*

PW called this tale about a group of intelligent rat criminals, a kitty and a kid who develop a highly successful pied piper scam (until the rats develop a conscience) "an outrageously cheeky tale, with a dynamite plot and memorable characters." Ages 12-up. (May) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Ethically challenging, beautifully orchestrated, philosophically opposed to the usual plot fixes of fantasy * The Guardian *
Simply gripping story-telling * The Times *
Powerful, passionate, mordantly funny and, at one point, unbearably sad * Daily Telegraph *
An astonishing novel...I marvelled at the ferociousness of the humour, and the willingness to go into dark places * Financial Times *
Great yarn written in fairly simple text * Liverpool Echo *