Dodger

From UK edition: Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And Dodger's tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins . . . From US edition: HeвЂTMs cunning. HeвЂTMs artful. HeвЂTMs Terry PratchettвЂTMs DODGER. 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 heвЂTMs … Dodger. Seventeen-year-old Dodger may be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from LondonвЂTMs sewers, and he knows a jewel when he sees one. HeвЂTMs 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 DodgerвЂTMs 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 boyвЂTMs rise in a complex and fascinating world. Review “Superb.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) ) “Masterful. Unexpected, drily funny and full of the pathos and wonder of life: DonвЂTMt miss it.” (Kirkus Reviews ) PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF TERRY PRATCHETT:“Exuberant and irresistible.” (Washington Post ) “Fun and fantastic and thoughtful.” (Chicago Tribune ) “Passionately wise, spectacularly hilarious, and surpassingly humane.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ) “Moving and highly satisfactory.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) ) “Pratchett combines gut-busting humor and genuine poignancy.” (School Library Journal (starred review) ) “Thrilling, humorous, moving, and most wise.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review) ) About the Author TERRY PRATCHETT created the Discworld series in 1983, when The Colour of Magic was published. I Shall Wear Midnight will be the 38th Discworld novel. His books have been translated into 37 languages and have sold over 65 million units worldwide. Terry Pratchett was knighted for services to literature in 2009. His tireless campaigns to raise awareness of Alzheimer's and assisted dying have further raised the public profile of this much-loved writer. 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. 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 he's Dodger. Seventeen-year-old Dodger may be a street urchin, but he gleans a living from London's sewers, and he knows a jewel when he sees one. He's 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 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. 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 boy's rise in a complex and fascinating world. - Publisher. A Brand New Edition Of A Terry Pratchett Classic – Set In Victorian London, And Starring Cunning But Kind Dodger, As He Sets Off On A Whirlwind Adventure Through The City Streets The Sewer Is Dodger’s World . . . He Hunts Treasure There – Coins And Jewels Lost In The Dark And Dirty Drains. It’s A Good Life, If You Don’t Mind Getting Your Hands (and Arms And Feet And Face) Dirty. But One Night, Dodger Helps A Young Woman Flee Two Ruffians. Now, A Street Urchin Dressed As A Gentleman, He Must Discover The Secret Behind Her Escape. Along The Way He’ll Befriend Charles Dickens, Outwit Sweeny Todd And Reach The Giddy Heights Of Victorian Society. Dodger May Be Living In The Gutter, But He’s Heading For The Stars . . . "In an alternative version of Victorian London, a seventeen-year-old Dodger, a cunning and cheeky street urchin, unexpectedly rises in life when he saves a mysterious girl, meets Charles Dickens, and unintentionally puts a stop to the murders of Sweeny Todd"-- Provided by publisher