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English
Harper Collins
24 September 2013
New York Times Bestseller!

Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boy's rise in a fantasy-infused Victorian London.

Seventeen-year-old Dodger is content as a sewer scavenger. But he enters a new world when he rescues a young girl from a beating, and her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England.

From Dodger's encounter with the mad barber Sweeney Todd, to his meetings with the great writer Charles Dickens and the calculating politician Benjamin Disraeli, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking account of adventure and mystery.

Creator of the popular Discworld fantasy series, Sir Terry also received a prestigious Printz Honor from the American Library Association for his novel Nation.
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Imprint:   Harper Collins
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 137mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   277g
ISBN:   9780062009517
ISBN 10:   0062009516
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 13 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Dodger

Compulsively readable. --Washington Post Masterful. Unexpected, drily funny and full of the pathos and wonder of life: Don't miss it. --Kirkus Reviews A masterwork from a treasure and hero of a writer, and it will delight you. --Cory Doctorow, New York Times Bestselling author Ebullient, funny and delightful. --The Guardian Wonderful. --Daily Mail (London) Fresh, vibrant and full of energy, a triumph. --SFX (UK) Masterly and entertaining. (Children's Book of the Week)--Sunday Times (London) PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF TERRY PRATCHETT: Exuberant and irresistible. --Washington Post Fun and fantastic and thoughtful. --Chicago Tribune Thrilling, humorous, moving, and most wise. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) Moving and highly satisfactory. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Passionately wise, spectacularly hilarious, and surpassingly humane. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Pratchett weaves fact and fiction seamlessly....Genius. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) Pratchett does a bang-up job of re-creating Old London, complete with pathos, humor, and danger, all narrated in Dodger's unique voice. --School Library Journal (starred review) It's a glittering conjuring act, but there's real heart here, too. --Horn Book (starred review) Lovingly crafted and completely enjoyable. The temptation to quote sentences, whole paragraphs, and possibly entire chapters is almost irresistible. --Booklist (starred review) Superb. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Pratchett combines gut-busting humor and genuine poignancy. --School Library Journal (starred review)


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