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The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers/Diggers/Wings

by Terry Pratchett

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In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer remember — or even believe in — life beyond the Store walls.

Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin, the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing), and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days, the Store will be destroyed.

Now all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think — and to think BIG.

Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett’s engaging trilogy traces the nomes’ flight and search for safety, a search that leads them to discover their own astonishing origins and takes them beyond their wildest dreams.

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“ A wry tongue-in-cheek fantasy… which unhesitatingly lampoons the ingrained habits and complacent attitudes found in any society.”

Synopsis:

Terry Pratchett collects this trilogy in one volume.

About the Author

Terry Pratchett's novels have sold more than forty-five million (give or take a few million) copies worldwide. He lives in England.

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Cathy Chapman, September 5, 2006 (view all comments by Cathy Chapman)
"Changing was necessary. Change was right. He was all in favor of change. What he was dead set against was things not staying the same" (Thoughts of Masklin).

A fun read featuring 4-inch high nomes. The main character, Masklin, leads his small clan from their harsh outdoor life to aging department store Arnold Bros., where they discover an entire metropolis of other nomes-- nomes who believe the department store to be the entire universe and deny the existence of the Outside...

Part satire, part parable, and part adventure.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060094935
Subtitle:
Truckers/Diggers/Wings
Author:
Pratchett, Terry
Author:
by Terry Pratchett
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Science Fiction
Subject:
Computers
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Edition Description:
Us
Publication Date:
October 2003
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
from 5
Language:
English
Pages:
502
Dimensions:
9.35x6.23x1.59 in. 1.56 lbs.
Age Level:
10-14

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