The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: Film Tie-in
The film tie-in edition of the Carnegie-winning book - with the major motion picture coming in autumn 2022! *New Special film edition of the 28th novel in the bestselling Discworld series - soon to be a Sky Original movie! * Join the world of The Amazing Maurice, the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Terry Pratchett. IT'S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD... Rats! They're everywhere- in the breadbins, dancing across tabletops, stealing pies from under the cooks' noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice comes in! A streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam. Everyone has heard the stories about rats and pipes, and con-cat Maurice finds a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and has his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats... But in Bad Blintz, someone is playing a different tune and now Maurice and his rats must learn a new concept- evil.... 'An astonishing novel' Financial Times
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. terrypratchett.co.uk
Author: Terry Pratchett
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 235 g
Published: 2022, Penguin Random House Children's UK, United Kingdom
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
The film tie-in edition of the Carnegie-winning book - with the major motion picture coming in autumn 2022! *New Special film edition of the 28th novel in the bestselling Discworld series - soon to be a Sky Original movie! * Join the world of The Amazing Maurice, the Carnegie Medal winning novel by Terry Pratchett. IT'S A RAT-EAT-RAT WORLD... Rats! They're everywhere- in the breadbins, dancing across tabletops, stealing pies from under the cooks' noses. So, what does every town need? A good piper to lure them away. That's where Maurice comes in! A streetwise tomcat with the perfect money-making scam. Everyone has heard the stories about rats and pipes, and con-cat Maurice finds a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and has his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats... But in Bad Blintz, someone is playing a different tune and now Maurice and his rats must learn a new concept- evil.... 'An astonishing novel' Financial Times
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015. terrypratchett.co.uk