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To the thousands of tiny nomes who live under the floorboards of a large department store, there is no Outside. Then a devastating piece of news shatters their existence: the Store — their whole world — is to be demolished.
Audio CD: 3 pages
Publisher: Random House Children's Books; Abridged edition (April 24, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 184657661X
ISBN-13: 978-1846576614
Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.9 x 5.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #4,891,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #62 in Books > Books on CD > Authors, A-Z > ( P ) > Pratchett, Terry #1720 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > Fantasy #2369 in Books > Books on CD > Children's Fiction > General
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad trilogy is a mix of childlike fantasy and offbeat SF. While the opening book, "Truckers" lags in places and takes quite some time to really get moving, it's imaginative and very funny. Certainly it's a good place to start off with Pratchett's fiction.Masklin and the other nomes are tiny people who scavenge on the streets, and now there are only a handful of them left. In an act of desperation, they climb into a lorry and ride to... The Store. Also known as Arnold Bros (est. 1905), where a complex civilization of nomes (about two thousand) live in semi-peace and prosperity. They either are dazzled by the idea of "Outside," or insist that the whole world is in Arnold Bros (est. 1905).Seemingly, everything is fine for Masklin and his friends, especially when the mysterious Thing (a black box that is a spaceship's flight computer) comes to life and tells them more about their history. But suddenly their world is disrupted by the news of "All Things Must Go -- Final Sales." Now the nomes must escape the Store and find yet another place to live.Tiny people living in a department store? Who are from another planet? That is something that could have bombed easily and hideously. But it doesn't, at least not in "Truckers." Clever plot elements like the sign-based religion (they take "everything under one roof" seriously!) and the department-based clans (Stationari, Corsetri) keep this unlikely plot afloat.While "Truckers" is a self-contained story in itself, it has plenty of loose threads (mostly involving the Thing and the origins of the nomes) at the end, for the second and third books of the trilogy.
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