The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
About this book
Winner of the 2001 Carnegie MedalOne 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!
Discworld · 61 books
In publication order- 27 The Last Hero 2001
- 28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001 This book
- 29 Night Watch 2002
- 30 The Wee Free Men 2003
Subjects
- animals
- cats
- cats, fiction
- childrens
- children's fiction
- comedy
- discworld (imaginary place)
- english fantasy fiction
- english literature
- fantasy
- fiction
- human-animal relationships
- human-animal relationships, fiction
- humor
- humorous fiction
- humorous stories
- juvenile fiction
- musicians
- musicians, fiction
- rats
- rats, fiction
- science fiction
- swindlers and swindling
- translation into polish
- translation into portuguese
- translations into turkish
- young adult