The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents
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Books by Terry Pratchett (+ quotes)
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Witty and gripping.
17 years, 10 months ago at Jun 16 11:02
This is the story of Maurice, a cunning 4-year-old talking cat, and his gang of intelligent rats. Together with Keith, a stupid-looking kid who plays the flute, they travel from town to town, doing the plague-of-rats-and-rat-piper trick to earn some pocket money.It works perfectly well, until the rats develop a conscience. They agree to do it one last time and head for รยberwald,... read more
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Imagine a million clever rats.
Rats that don't run.
Rats that fight...
Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. He's found a stupid-looking kid who plays a pipe, and he has his very own plague of rats -- rats who are strangely educated, so Maurice can no longer think of them as 'lunch'. And everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers...
But when they reach the stricken town of Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune. A dark, shadowy tune. Something very, very bad is waiting in the cellars.
The educated rats
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Manufacturer: Doubleday UK
Release date: 28 January 2003
ISBN-10 : 0552546933 |
Release date: 28 January 2003
ISBN-10 : 0552546933 |
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