Published by Corgi, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Format: Paperback
£6.99
Author:
Terry Pratchett
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780552551007
£6.99
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EAN: 9780552551007
Published: 7 Jun 2012
'Outside! What's it like?'
Masklin looked blank.
'Well,' he said. 'It's sort of big-'
To the thousands of the tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Things like Day and Night, Sun and Rain are just daft old legends. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store - their whole world - is to be demolished. And it's up to Maskin, one of the last nomes to come into the Store, to mastermind an unbelievable escape plan that will take all the nomes into the dangers of the great Outside ...
The first title in the magnificent trilogy, The Bromeliad.
Terry Pratchett is far better known for his Discworld series, but whilst they were still in the early days of creation the 'Nomes' series arrived.
Written for younger readers, this is a proper torch under the bed covers sort of book.
They contain all his trademark humour that's made him the beloved institution he is today. I can't think of a better way to be introduced to what will be many years of pleasurable Pratchett reading.
Posted by Arran Meachim
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catapulted the reader into (a) world of complete and absorbing fantasy
- Independent
A brilliant adventure story that'll make you laugh out loud
- Young Telegraph
Witty, funny, wise and altogether delightful
- Locus
If Voltaire had gone to the Trafford Centre with Jonathan Swift, this is the book they might have written afterwards.
- Books for Keeps
Sir Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing in the UK today. He is the acclaimed creator of the Discworld® series, the first title in which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. Worldwide sales of his books are in excess of 65 million, and they have been translated into 36 languages. He has written a number of titles for younger readers, including The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, which won the Carnegie Medal in the UK, and Nation, which was a Printz Honor Book in the US. He was awarded an OBE in 1998, and a Knighthood in 2009 for his services to literature.
