Book : Dodger - Pratchett, Terry

-Titulo Original : Dodger

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HarperCollins

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Review “Superb.” -- Publishers Weekly(starred review)“Compulsively readable.” -- Washington Post“Lovingly crafted and completely enjoyable. The temptation to quote sentences, whole paragraphs, and possibly entire chapters is almost irresistible.” -- Booklist (starred review)“It’s a glittering conjuring act, but there’s real heart here, too.” -- Horn Book (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)“Masterful. Unexpected, drily funny and full of the pathos and wonder of life: Don’t miss it.” -- Kirkus Reviews“Pratchett weaves fact and fiction seamlessly....Genius.” -- Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)“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) Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchetts Dodger, a Printz Honor Book, combines high comedy with deep wisdom in a tale of one remarkable boys 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 Dodgers 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. From Booklist *Starred Review* On a stormy night in early Victorian London, an able young man named Dodger rises from the sewers in response to a scream, fights off two thugs, and rescues a damsel in distress. Dodger continues to rise throughout the novel, as his love for the mysterious lady motivates this tosher (scavenger for lost coins and other treasures in London’s sewers) to elevate himself and leads him to a closer acquaintance with a string of historical figures, including Dickens, Disraeli, and ultimately, the queen and her consort. While most writers would be well advised not to include such characters in their books, Pratchett manages to humanize them without diminishing them or throwing the story off-kilter. However lowly Dodger’s origins, he remains the most memorable character in the book. Living by his wits and unencumbered by conventional morality, this trickster hero expertly navigates the underbelly of his city as he carries out a bizarre scheme resulting in justice and mercy. The temptation to quote sentences, whole paragraphs, and possibly entire chapters is almost irresistible, because the pleasure of reading the novel is in the language as much as in the characters and well-researched period setting. Often amusing, this Victorian romp of a novel is lovingly crafted and completely enjoyable. Grades 8-12. --Carolyn Phelan From the Back Cover A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because hes . . . Dodger.Seventeen-year-old Dodger may be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from Londons sewers, and he knows a jewel when he sees one. Hes not about to let anything happen to the unknown girl-not even if her fate impacts some of the most powerful people in England.From Dodgers 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.Beloved and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett combines high comedy with deep wisdom in this tale of an unexpected coming-of-age and one remarkable b