The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett,
Publisher: HarperTrophy
ISBN: 0060012358
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 2003-05-01
Summary:
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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