The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents -- Terry Pratchett - Paperback
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
Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08/12/2008
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780060012359
Age Range: 10-13
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 55308 / Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 05/12/2003 pg. 69
Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 34
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2003