Dodger

Name: Dodger
Rating: 3.683907985687256 (348 reviews)

Terry Pratchett

Sep 2012 · Sold by Harper Collins

348 reviews

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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.

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...

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348 reviews

Pam Coleman

December 22, 2012

Why are the foot notes stuck at the end and incomplete? I will never purchase a Pratchett book in the ebook format again. That is where the humorous asides are tucked. You ruined it for me. Bah Humbug

CB Glass III

January 20, 2013

Another great fantasy novel by Sir Terry. I'd love to see a film version of Dodger, so long as it's not made-for-TV by the BBC. ;-)

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A Google user

April 15, 2013

Dodger is an engaging romp through the flea ridden belly of Victorian London. A romance, no doubt, but also a reminder of Britain as a can do nation in it's been past.

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About the author

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.

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