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)