Nation
Author(s): Terry Pratchett
"When a giant wave destroys his entire Nation - his family and everyone he has ever known - Mau finds himself totally alone. Until he meets Daphne, daughter of a colonial Governor and the sole survivor from a shipwreck. They have no common language, no common culture - but together they discover some remarkable things - like how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good idea - and must try and forge a new kind of Nation. Then other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island, and not all of them are friendly... In NationPratchett brings us a novel that is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while also being extremely funny."
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Washed up on the shores of a remote island, two kids from cultures half a world apart have to learn to get along and survive. Brilliantly funny novel from the master story-teller and creator of Discworld.
Shortlisted for Carnegie Medal 2010.
Terry Pratchett is one of the most popular authors writing today. He lives behind a keyboard in Wiltshire and says he 'doesn't want to get a life, because it feels as though he's trying to lead three already'. He was appointed OBE in 1998. He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal, while the second, THE WEE FREE MEN - the first about Tiffany and the Nac Mac Feegle - has been optioned by Sony Films to be made into a spectacular movie. Two of his Johnny Maxwell tales have been televised by the BBC as TV drama serials.
General Fields
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- : Doubleday Childrens
- : Doubleday Childrens
- : 0.708511
- : 01 September 2008
- : 241mm X 161mm X 34mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Terry Pratchett
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : English
- : [Fic]
- : 300
- : Fantasy & magical realism
- : Line illustrations