The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers/Diggers/Wings

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0060094931 ISBN13: 9780060094935 Release Date: September 2003 Publisher: Clarion Books Length: 502 Pages Weight: 1.86 lbs. Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3" Age Range: 8 to 12 years Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7 From the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series comes a comic and insightful trilogy about a race of four-inch-high heroes trying to make sense of a human-size world.In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer remember--or even believe in--life beyond the Store walls.Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin, the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing), and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days, the Store will be destroyed.Now all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think -- and to think BIG.Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett's engaging trilogy traces the nomes' flight and search for safety, a search that leads them to discover their own astonishing origins and takes them beyond their wildest dreams.Praise for the Bromeliad trilogy: "Witty, funny, wise, and altogether delightful."--Locus MagazineMeet more of Sir Terry Pratchett's tiny-but-fierce heroes in the Discworld novel The Wee Free Men