The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Brossura

Pratchett, Terry

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ISBN 10: 0060012358 ISBN 13: 9780060012359

Casa editrice: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2003

Riassunto

Carnegie Medal Winner * New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age * VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Book Sense Pick

The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits.

For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....

Set in Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld, this masterfully crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the world's most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head, no one will ever look at the Pied Piper—or rats—the same way again!

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Recensione

Excruciatingly funny, ferociously intelligent. (Kirkus Reviews (starred Review))

Pratchett rethinks a classic story and comes up with a winner. A not to be missed delight. (School Library Journal (starred review))

Manages to be hilarious, moving, scary, impishly vulgar and wickedly wise, sometimes all at once. (Locus Magazine)

L'autore

Terry Pratchett, the author of over three dozen novels, is one of the world s best-selling English language novelists. He published his first short story when he was 17, and his first novel when he was 23. His novels have been translated into more than two dozen languages and have sold more than 55 million copies.

In addition to his phenomenal and hugely popular Discworld series for adults, Terry is the beloved author of ten children s books. These include the books of the BROMELIAD TRILOGY (2003), as well as THE WEE FREE MEN (2003), A HAT FULL OF SKY (2004), and WINTERSMITH (2006). In 2002, he was awarded Britain s highest honor for a children s novel, the Carnegie Medal, for THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS. THE WEE FREE MEN and its two sequels have been optioned by Sam Raimi and Sony Pictures, and THE BROMELIAD TRILOGY was optioned by Dreamworks.

He lives in England, where he writes all the time.

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• Editore: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060012358
• ISBN 13: 9780060012359
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 340