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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

(Discworld)

By Terry Pratchett

(80)

| Mass Market Paperback | 9780060012359

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Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal

One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amaContinue

Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal

One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of town.

They'd have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the piper met up with a cat somewhere outside of town and solemnly counted out the money.

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 widely popular 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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  • The rat in the hat

    The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett 269pp Doubleday £12.99 A talking rat is fighting for his life against a terrier, inside a circle of excited men who whoop and roar and snarl. Another rat bungee-jumps down from the rafte ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents Share

    Strangely, this little novel doesn't appear to be counted amongst the Discworld series, despite the fact that it IS set in the Discworld...world. I have seen reviewers say this book is too simplistic, a side effect of apparently having been written w ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Tue, 6 Jan 2004

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  • I have to admit that I struggled a bit to get into this book; the first chapters are entertaining but not too amazing, but once the Rat King appears, the tone and the rhythm rise a lot. Then, it is a great adventure written in Terry Pratchett's usual style, funny but vaguely creepy. Not a children b ... (continue)

    I have to admit that I struggled a bit to get into this book; the first chapters are entertaining but not too amazing, but once the Rat King appears, the tone and the rhythm rise a lot. Then, it is a great adventure written in Terry Pratchett's usual style, funny but vaguely creepy. Not a children book, maybe it could justify the use of the awful expression "young adults" as the intended target. Whichever the target, anyway, it is a really good read. And some of the "usual" Discworld characters make an appearance. To mention one... well, I guess I only need to write SQUEAK.

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    Marco Piva said on Mar 2, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • A very good book. Refreshing, in a sense.
    After more than 20 Discworld books, I have to admit stories with the usual cast of characters start to wear thin. That's why a change is very welcome.
    Mind you: it's always the Discworld, and it's always Pratchett. This is both good and bad at the ... (continue)

    A very good book. Refreshing, in a sense.
    After more than 20 Discworld books, I have to admit stories with the usual cast of characters start to wear thin. That's why a change is very welcome.
    Mind you: it's always the Discworld, and it's always Pratchett. This is both good and bad at the same time, for the reasons above.
    Nonetheless, books like this one are refreshing: it's a little like discovering Pratchett for the first time. Again.

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    Simbul said on Aug 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Not my favorite Pratchett, but it's a charming children's book parodying the Pied Piper story.

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    guaddess said on Sep 23, 2007 | Add your feedback

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