The Bromeliad Trilogy

Truckers, Diggers, and Wings

Terry Pratchett

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Collins
30 September 2003

From the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series comes a comic and insightful trilogy about a race of four-inch-high heroes trying to make sense of a human-size world.

In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer remember--or even believe in--life beyond the Store walls.

Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin, the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing), and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days, the Store will be destroyed.

Now all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think -- and to think BIG.

Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett's engaging trilogy traces the nomes' flight and search for safety, a search that leads them to discover their own astonishing origins and takes them beyond their wildest dreams.

Praise for the Bromeliad trilogy: ""Witty, funny, wise, and altogether delightful.""--Locus Magazine

Meet more of Sir Terry Pratchett's tiny-but-fierce heroes in the Discworld novel The Wee Free Men!

By: Terry Pratchett
Imprint: Collins
Country of Publication: United States
ISBN: 9780060094935
ISBN 10: 0060094931
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 30 September 2003
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

Reviews for The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers, Diggers, and Wings

Pratchett gives his cast plenty of personality and fuels the plot with nonstop comedy. --Kirkus Reviews A wry tongue-in-cheek fantasy...which unhesitatingly lampoons the ingrained habits and complacent attitudes found in any society. --ALA Booklist Fascinating and funny. --The Horn Book Witty, funny, wise and altogether delightful. --Locus A delicious, rewarding, wry and antic fable. --Harlan Ellison A rollicking good story. --Kirkus Reviews Terry Pratchett has created a wild adventure, a fable, a fantasy, an elegant satire. - Lloyd Alexander--Lloyd Alexander