Dodger

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Terry Pratchett

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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Author

Terry Pratchett

Pages

368

Publisher

Harper Collins

Published Date

2012-09-25

ISBN

0062190156 9780062190154

Ratings

Google: 3.5

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"There were a lot of things that I liked about this book, but for some reason the story itself just couldn't keep me interested. It was fun and a rags to riches story, but for some reason just wasn't one that kept me turning the pages. "

Meagan Khatthaname

"Fun historical fiction - the authors calls it fantasy - that really immerses the reader in the time period, but some parts dragged a little too long."

Ricki Marking-Camuto

"I enjoyed this book but it didn't really grab me as I hoped it would. The idea is interesting, Fictional character Dodger runs around in Queen Victoria age London and runs into several real life people from history. The story outside that is pretty basic though and only barely held my attention to be honest. Maybe my expectations were too high as this was my first time reading Terry Pratchett whom I've heard so many good things about. Could also be that he is famous for writing fantasy and this is more general fiction in my opinion. Either way I'd say it was averagely good."